smartphones
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Shifts in device usage have large security implications
There have been rapid substantial changes in device usage trends, and the connected security implications, as businesses shifted their operations in March due to COVID-19, …
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Is your smartphone pushing you to overshare?
The device people use to communicate online – a smartphone, desktop, or tablet – can affect the extent to which they are willing to overshare intimate or personal …
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Facial recognition hardware to reach over 800 million devices by 2024
A new report from Juniper Research found that facial recognition hardware, such as Face ID on recent iPhones, will be the fastest growing form of smartphone biometric …
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Is your smartphone secretly listening to you?
The question of whether our smartphones are always listening to us is cropping up on online forums and Twitter almost daily, and most users have had the experience of talking …
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Security hole opens a billion Android users to advanced SMS phishing attacks
Check Point Research has revealed a security flaw in Samsung, Huawei, LG, Sony and other Android-based phones that leaves users vulnerable to advanced phishing attacks. The …
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Google discovers websites exploiting iPhones, pushing spying implants en masse
Unidentified attackers have been compromising websites for nearly three years, equipping them with exploits that would hack visiting iPhones without any user interaction and …
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FaceApp privacy panic: Be careful which apps you use
The privacy panic over FaceApp, the selfie-editing mobile app that makes photo subjects younger, older or turns them into members of the opposite sex, has been overblown. The …
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High-risk vulnerabilities found in 1/3 of iOS apps, nearly half of Android apps
Expert testing of iOS and Android mobile applications shows that in most cases, insecure data storage is the most common security flaw in mobile apps. Positive Technologies’ …
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Consumer spending on technology to reach $1.32 trillion in 2019
Consumer spending on technology is forecast to reach $1.32 trillion in 2019, an increase of 3.5% over 2018. Consumer purchases of traditional and emerging technologies will …
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The surveillance economy has set its sights on smartphone sensors
The most successful companies of our time are those who’ve mastered user data – collecting it, analyzing it and profiting from it – typically at the expense of user privacy. …
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Securing your app and driving down call center fraud
In this Help Net Security podcast, Angie White, Product Marketing Manager at iovation, talks about how optimizing the customer journey through your mobile app can help you …
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Vulnerability found in Guard Provider, Xiaomi’s pre-installed security app
Check Point Research discovered a vulnerability in one of the preinstalled apps on devices manufactured by one of the world’s biggest mobile vendors, Xiaomi. The vulnerability …
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