smartphones
Authorization model for home automation
Smartphones promise to play an important role in the management and control of Home Automation (HA) solutions. When things and devices have either no or a constrained user …
Apps on your Android phone can take photos without you knowing
A researcher has demonstrated that it’s possible for malicious attackers to create an Android app that will surreptitiously take pictures and upload them to a remote …
Secure public WiFi with avast! SecureLine for iOS
While constant Internet connectivity can be useful, it does create many privacy and security issues whose existence remains a mystery for the majority of mobile users. If you …
Fake mobile AV apps sold on Google Play and Windows Phone Store
Remember when the popular but totally useless security app named Virus Shield appeared for sale on Google Play and netted its creators over $40,000 before being removed from …
Penetration testing device that fits in your pocket
Pwnie Express updated the Pwn Phone, a phone that doubles as a powerful penetration testing device making it easy to evaluate wired, wireless and Bluetooth networks. Pwn …
Moves users get new privacy policy after Facebook deal
When Facebook acquired ProtoGeo Oy and its popular fitness app Moves, it was announced that “the Moves experience will continue to operate as a standalone app, and there …
Security-oriented Blackphone specifications published
SGP Technologies SA, the Switzerland-based joint venture of Silent Circle and Geeksphone behind Blackphone, announced the specifications of its eagerly awaited privacy-minded …
Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner can be tricked
Samsung’s newly released Galaxy S5 phone sports a fingerprint scanner embedded in the home button that works well but unfortunately, like iPhone 5S’ TouchID before …
Samsung Galaxy enterprise mobility management
Codeproof announced the availability of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) for Samsung Galaxy line of devices within its cloud based management platform. “Over the …
Tinder users targeted by spamming bots
Spammers are taking advantage of the popularity of the Tinder dating app to promote a game via bots posing as attractive women. For a week now users have been complaining of …
Over half of Android users fail to lock their phones
An ad hoc survey conducted by Google’s anti-abuse research lead Elie Bursztein has shown that over half of Android users don’t lock their phones in any meaningful …
You can now buy smartphones with preinstalled spyware
Did you know that instead of installing a spying app on a target’s phone, you can now gift them one with the app already preinstalled on it? MTechnology LTD has released …