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The LPWAN market to reach $109.76 billion by 2025
The low-power wide area networks (LPWAN) market is expected to grow by $109.76 billion during 2021-2025, expanding at a CAGR of almost 58%, according to Technavio. The report …
Face recognition software making progress at recognizing masked faces
A study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress at recognizing …
Enterprise mobile phishing increased by 37% in Q1 2020
There was a 37 percent increase worldwide in enterprise mobile phishing encounter rate between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, according to Lookout. …
When do you plan to upgrade to 5G?
The smartphone will remain the dominant consumer device into the new decade, but the arrival of 5G will not guarantee a surge in device upgrades, according to a GSMA …
Researchers were able to detect what is typed using just a smartphone
You likely know to avoid suspicious emails to keep hackers from gleaning personal information from your computer. But a new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University) …
The future of smartphone security: Hardware isolation
Mobile spyware has become increasingly more ubiquitous in corporate networks and devices. In a 2017 study, Check Point has found that out of the 850 organizations that they …
Android Oreo: What’s new on the security front
On Monday, Google released the long-awaited Android 8.0 Oreo in an unveiling that coincided with the total solar eclipse visible in much of the US. The newest version of the …
Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner can be fooled with a printed photo
After demonstrating how easily Apple’s Touch ID can be fooled with a user fingerprint photographed from a glass surface, Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hacker …
Researchers reveal WiFi-based mobile password discovery attack
A group of researchers has come up with WindTalker, a new attack method for discovering users’ passwords and PINs as they enter them into their smartphones. WindTalker …
Xiaomi smartphones come equipped with backdoor
When you buy a new mobile device with certain apps already pre-installed on, you’re effectively forced to trust that the device maker or reseller (depending on who …
The dangers of connecting phones to connected cars
As smart, connected cars get more ubiquitous, they are often the only option you get when renting a car from a rental agency. With all the reports about car hacking, you might …
Mobile device infections rose 96 percent in the first half of 2016
After examining general trends and statistics for malware infections in devices connected through mobile and fixed networks, Nokia found a sharp rise in the occurrence of …