Tag: smartphone security

Mobile security attacks up 42 percent in 2022

Sam Lambert
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Based on mid-year report data, there has been a massive global spike in malware attacks. While mobile security threats and attacks aren’t anything new, this year appears to have made them far more common than they’ve ever been before, with a 42 percent increase recorded by CheckPoint in its recent 2022 report. The World Economic Forum believes that human error is behind 95 percent of these issues. According to the World Economic Forum in its 2022 Global Risk Report, 95 percent of issues relating to mobile security attacks can be…

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Consumers still aren’t paying attention to mobile security despite rising threats

Sam Lambert
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New research shows people aren’t paying attention even as they use phones for more banking and payments. Over the last year, people are using their smartphones for more banking, shopping and payments than ever before, but still aren’t paying enough attention to mobile security, says new research. Even as the number of digital threats continue to grow at a rapid pace, consumers remain careless. The research was conducted by McAfee, which recently published the results in a report. In it, they revealed that 49 percent of consumers in the United…

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Holiday trends reveal mobile commerce security issues in top retail apps

Jennifer Goula
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Some of the most popular applications used by shoppers in November and December had red flags. The 2020 holiday shopping season unsurprisingly broke prior m-commerce records, but many of the retail apps most commonly used displayed mobile commerce security red flags. Many of the top Android retail applications showed some serious security concerns in a recent analysis. According to a recent HelpNetSecurity on a September 2020 analysis, the majority of the leading 50 Android retail apps had failed to apply adequate core hardening and runtime application self-protection (RASP) techniques. Those…

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Personal cyber insurance expected to take off in 2021

Jesse Collins
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A recent Accenture survey found that people are no longer feeling secure in their devices. As identity theft, hacking and other digital threats have placed personal cyber insurance into the tech spotlight this year. Before 2020, it was common for people to keep phones unlocked and trust their apps. Events throughout last year – including everything from the regular use of video calls by children to a massive hack into government agencies revealed in December – placed a substantial spotlight on the lack of true security we all face in…

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Grindr app security gap opens accounts to easy hacking

Jesse Collins
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Anyone with the account’s email address could reset the user’s password and take over a profile. A hack into Grindr app security made it possible for anyone with the email address associated with a valid account to simply reset the password and gain full control over the profile. The vulnerability was revealed online by security experts who reported it to the application. The Grindr app security problem was reported to the owners of the application. The vulnerability made it possible to gain full access to an individual’s account in the…

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