As threats to mobile devices sharply increase, a good security app can make a huge difference. McAfee Mobile Security, the mobile version of McAfee’s desktop software, can help protect your phone or tablet from mobile malware, phishing, and device theft. McAfee provides a free seven-day trial, but requires a £24.99…
Avast Mobile Security review
Avast Mobile Security provides antivirus, web, and app protection for your Android-based phone or tablet. Though the software isn’t optimised for tablets, Avast says that it expects to offer better tablet support sometime in the first quarter of 2012. On phones, Avast provides features such as SMS and call filtering,…
Carrier IQ software: A big risk to enterprise mobile security?
Nick Lewis exposes the fact and fiction of the Carrier IQ software and the potential information security risk for enterprises. View full post on SearchSecurity: Threat Monitor View full post on National Cyber Security
‘Major mobile vulnerability’ gives malware control of your phone
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz will demonstrate a serious vulnerability in the WebKit mobile browser at the RSA conference tomorrow that could give malware complete control of your phone. According to Kurtz, the new vulnerability affects all Android, iOS and newer BlackBerry devices. It does not affect devices running Microsoft Windows…
Cloud Security Alliance focuses on mobile threats and solutions at RSA
Whether already computing in cloud environments, planning to do so soon, or just thinking about it – how those systems will be kept secure is once again a topic that is front and center here at the third annual Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) summit, held at the RSA Conference. At…
McAfee unveils new mobile security tools for BYOD environments
McAfee announced new techniques and tools for protecting mobile devices, data, and apps with its McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management 10 prodcut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Mobile devices have quickly gone from niche devices, to luxury gadgets, to mainstream implements, to indispensible mobile productivity tools and have been…
TeleCommunication Systems Unveils Secure the Edge(TM) Portfolio: Secure Location and Secure Mobile Alerts
BARCELONA, SPAIN– – Mobile World Congress, Hall 8, Booth 8C115 — TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. , a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology , today introduced Secure … View full post on cyber security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
ForeScout Mobile tool simplifies BYOD push for enterprises
ForeScout Technologies has launched ForeScout Mobile – plug-in modules for Android and iOS which allow enterprises to keep control as a plethora of devices access corporate resources in the BYOD era. ForeScout’s access control technology is device agnostic, but with the addition of the Mobile Security Module the company adds…
Spam Levels Down, Mobile Malware On The Rise
McAfee has released their quarterly threat report for the fourth quarter of 2011, and some of the results may surprise you. The report examines the biggest threats to online security for both the fourth quarter and all of 2011. The report shows that while spam email seems to be on…
NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ – News), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted…