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The Time to Take Mobile Security Seriously is Now

08/02/201408/01/2014 Note From The Editor

With mobile technology beginning to play such an important role in people’s lives, security is not longer a thing that can be ignored. Mobile commerce is here to stay and that means that more people will be using their devices to pay for goods and services. This also means that financial information will be trafficked through the digital space more frequently than it already is. Unfortunately, many platforms simple do not have the security measures in place to protect everyone’s financial information. The burden of security also cannot reliably be…

Mobile security threats target Android banking apps

01/30/201401/27/2014 Jesse Collins

Scammers are focusing in on applications that allow smartphone users to manage their money. According to Kaspersky Lab, one of the largest mobile security vulnerabilities at the moment is in Android smartphone based banking apps, which have become a considerable focus of scammers. Cyber crime is rapidly growing and these criminals are clearly aiming directly at the money. Kaspersky Lab is an antivirus software maker from Russia. According to its co-founder and chief executive, Eugene Kaspersky, 99 percent of mobile security attacks are occurring over Android smartphones. This is a…

Mobile security threats may be the largest corporate issue this year

01/03/201412/31/2013 Jesse Collins

A new survey has indicated that many professionals think that malware on smartphones and tablets will be problematic. As the number of smartphones and tablets sold every year continues to break all previous records, experts in mobile security threats are now expected to be the biggest problem that businesses will be facing throughout this year. This risk is worsened as the number of people who use their devices for both business and personal reasons climbs. According to the results of a recent study that was issued by Lumension, an IT…

Mobile cybercrime is expected to become more creative next year

12/20/201312/17/2013 Sam Lambert

Experts are cautioning device users to take greater care in protecting themselves against security issues. Panda Security, a security vendor, recently released a statement that cautioned smartphone and tablet users to expect that mobile cybercrime will become increasingly creative throughout 2014, particularly through its social engineering. The company predicted that this will be one of a number of forms of security issue that will be worsening next year. The experts at Panda Security have forecasted that mobile cybercrime, as well as threats to corporate security, and ransomeware will be among…

Mobile security could benefit from combined Nokia and Microsoft effort

09/11/201309/09/2013 Jesse Collins

The two companies are actively working to raise the stakes for making the devices safer. Microsoft’s agreement to purchase the smartphone business from Nokia – worth $7.2 billion – is giving the software company the boost that it may need to surpass both Samsung and Apple in terms of mobile security. The company is gathering what it needs to create a smartphone platform that is enterprise class. Despite the fact that Microsoft does now have the technology and will soon also have the manufacturing facilities that it requires, it is…