Forrester Research predicts that with the BYOD trend expected to increasingly include laptops as well as smartphones and tablets, the approach to managing such devices is in for some big changes. In its 2013 Mobile Security Predictions ...
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The HTC One smartphone will be released in the UK, Germany and Taiwan this week, its Taiwan of China manufacturer has announced, claiming "unprecedented demand" for its new product. The 4.7 inch screen device will eventually roll out ...
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Two security vendors have released temporary fixes for a flaw in some Samsung Android phones that could allow an attacker to bypass a locked screen. The problem comes from Samsung's implementation of the emergency call feature, which ...
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Chinese Authoritative third-party mobile Internet data company iResearch released the mobile smart end-user behavior (MUT) 2013 data, whose mobile safety segment attracted much more attention. The data showed that in the past six months, ...
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China and India were the top two “victim” countries in the Asia Pacific, according to a recent Web threat report. Conducted by Web and mobile security firm Websense, the 2013 Threat Report also ranked Taiwan, Philippines, ...
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Internet Explorer's poor reputation for security is undeserved, with Mozilla Firefox actually the most vulnerable internet browser in common usage. That's according to research by network security solutions provider Sourcefire, which ...
Smartphone manufacturer HTC has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the firm failed to take "reasonable steps" to patch security vulnerabilities in its products, thus putting information belonging to millions of ...
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Trend Micro is adding the often confusing world of Facebook privacy settings to a new version of its flagship security software. Version 3 of the company's Trend Micro Mobile Security, available for Android users this week, will check a ...
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Samsung Monday announced an improved version of its SAFE management and security system for popular Samsung-branded Android smartphones and tablets. Samsung dubbed the updated tool set KNOX, after the famous Fort Knox in Kentucky, where ...
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Helping IT shops deal with the security and management of consumer smartphones and tablets in the workplace will be a big theme at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this week. Samsung and Red Bend Software jointly announced Monday that they ...
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Mobile risk management company Fixmo today announced a strategic partnership with Samsung that will see the global leader in smartphones embed Fixmo’s patented Sentinel Integrity Services technology on its smartphones and tablets. ...
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Constant Guard Mobile Helps Protect Xfinity Internet Customers While They Browse, Shop and Bank Online On-The-Go To address growing security threats to consumers’ mobile devices, today Comcast announced it has launched Constant ...
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U.S. corporations tend to be far less concerned with the brand of mobile devices in the workplace and more worried about which employees have access to company data, according to a Dell survey of 1,500 senior IT managers in 10 countries. ...
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Today’s mobile spam and phishing attacks will increasingly delivered by mobile malware networks, despite mobile device operating systems being more secure than those of desktop or laptop computers, a report has found. Blue Coat ...
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John Shaw, Vice President of Product Management, Sophos Sophos on Tuesday unveiled Mobile Control 3.0, the latest version of its MDM (mobile device management) product for Android-based tablets and smartphones. The new version includes ...
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