New protection mechanism prevents mobile cross-app content stealing
A group of researchers from Indiana University and Microsoft Research have recently published a paper detailing the risk of cross-origin attacks on two of the most popular …
Turn any iOS device into a secure mobile payment solution
SecureNet Payment Systems launched Mobile PayOS, the latest in mobile payment technology empowering merchants of all sizes to turn any iOS mobile device into a secure mobile …
Twitter turns to app-based two-factor authentication
When Twitter finally offered 2-factor authentication for its users in May, many were disappointed by the offering as its usefulness hinged on verification codes being …
Malware attacks via malicious iPhone chargers
Do you ever think twice about using someone else’s charger for recharging your iPhone? Well, you will now, as three Georgia Tech researchers have managed to install a …
Security and privacy risks of top mobile apps
Appthority performed a static, dynamic and behavioral app analysis on the 400 most popular free and paid apps on the iOS and Android platforms. They analyzed each app for …
Mobile operating system wars: Android vs. iOS
When we introduced Clueful for Android, we thought mobile users should know what the applications on their devices were doing. One year and a couple hundred thousand analyzed …
Jon Callas on privacy in the modern age
In this interview, Jon Callas, co-founder of PGP and current CTO at Silent Circle, discusses the global erosion of privacy and the importance of confidentiality. He tackles …
Chat securely on Facebook with Synapsid
Synapsid is an iOS app that promises an encrypted chat experience on Facebook. In addition to having secure conversations, Synapsid allows you to: view friends profiles, …
Private, secure texting app for iOS
With an estimated 6 billion text messages sent every day in the United States alone, text messaging has become the primary means of communication for a large portion of the …
Instant Apple Configurator How-to
Apple Configurator is a tool used for the mass configuration of iOS devices. With many large organizations adapting a variety of iOS devices into their daily workflow, it's …
Cloud security for Windows, Android and iOS
Boxcryptor, the cloud-optimized encryption software, has been updated to version 2.0. The new version includes increased usability as well as features for secure …
Wi-Fi client security weaknesses still prevalent
Google Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile devices have an inherent security weakness in the method they use for connecting to Wi-Fi networks that has the …