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by Andrew Martonik
May 22, 2013
Embedded system increases the chances that devices will be recovered after theft
Absolute Software, the makers of the LoJack theft recovery service, announced today that through a partnership wi...
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by Alex Dobie
May 09, 2013
Ren Zhengfei spoke to reporters for the first time since founding Huawei in 1988
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei denied allegations that its products represent a threat to U.S. national securi...
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by Alex Dobie
May 03, 2013
Samsung smart devices get the Pentagon's stamp of approval
Update: Samsung's just passed along an official press release, which states that the DoD approval applies to both smartphones a...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 25, 2013
Sony's Xperia Z is joining the ranks of the iPhone and Galaxy S3 today with some tinkering that has exposed a security flaw in the lockscreen of the device. According to Scott Reed, who found th...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 21, 2013
Droid RAZR HD and MAXX HD owners have started receiving an update for their devices. This latest OTA will bump both versions of the RAZR HD to Android 4.1.2, and comes with security p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 21, 2013
Whoopsies. It appears that the popular "Avast! Mobile Security" -- it's got somewhere between 10 million and 50 million downloads from Google Play -- is marking Android's Gmail as ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 21, 2013
The past few weeks have seen some prominent lock screen security issues come to light on certain Android 4.1-based Samsung phones, including the Galaxy Note 2. Most recently, blogger Terence Eden wa...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 20, 2013
Another Samsung lock screen security issue has come to light today, potentially allowing someone with physical access to a Jelly Bean-based Samsung phone to bypass a pattern or PIN lock. Brought to ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 04, 2013
As Samsung security vulnerabilities go, this one's relatively minor. Nevertheless, if you're using lock screen security on the Galaxy Note 2, this latest loophole is something you should be ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 22, 2013
HTC America has settled with the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) over concerns that the company put millions of customer's personal information at risk with insecure implementations of software o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 21, 2013
Fixmo is a name we usually associate with enterprise mobile risk management solutions or government agency IT (they also make some great BlackBerry apps), but that also have a pretty comprehens...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 12, 2013
Motorola Solutions -- that's the other Motorola that wasn't bought by Google -- has announced the launch of AME 2000, a secure platform including an Android handset, aimed at federal agencies....
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 31, 2013
Many phone manufacturers -- and some third party apps -- offer a way to track down and secure a lost or stolen handset, and today Sony's bringing this kind of service to some of its Xperia ...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 17, 2012
There was potentially worrying news for Samsung phone owners this weekend, as a serious kernel security vulnerability was identified in Android devices running Exynos 4210 and 4412 chips. The l...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 15, 2012
Great, enterprise-grade encrypted e-mail is not a small thing to accomplish. In nearly every case, you're looking at special hardware, software and management to keep everyone's private emai...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2012
Researchers at NC State University have discovered a new bug in current versions of Android that would allow malware to spoof the sender of an SMS message. The exploit works on Gingerbread, Ice Crea...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2012
Talking about malware on a mobile platform is a tough thing to do right. Some of what you hear is real, and needs addressed responsibly, but so much of it is just FUD from folks trying to sell you s...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 26, 2012
It looks like the Droid RAZR HD and MAXX HD are receiving an extremely small OTA update -- about 6MB -- according to Verizon support documentation. There's just one bullet point to this update, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 17, 2012
A couple weeks back, a U.S. Congressional report suggested that Huawei, because of influence from the Chinese government, posed a potential espionage risk. The panel strongly encouraged companies to...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 16, 2012
A Wi-Fi-only Android device called the MG was announced for pre-order today. Apparently MG stands for More Game, or My Generation, or something. It isn't made by anybody you've heard of, but...
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by James Richardson
Oct 09, 2012
We reported yesterday on a U.S. Congressional report suggesting that ZTE and Huawei should be blocked from operating within the U.S. for national security reasons. The report singled out b...
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by Simon Sage
Oct 03, 2012
Lockitron has recently announced their latest and greatest smart deadbolt access system, complete with remote door unlocking, per-user access control, access via SMS or NFC, and a knock sensor. Ther...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 27, 2012
Twinmomma416 asks in the Android Central forums,
My contract with AT&T is up, and we are switching providers due to limited tower availability near our home. We will be switching to Sprint w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 26, 2012
Google is rolling out Google Play services starting today, bringing another of the great developer tools they showcased at Google I/O to the public.
For those of us that aren't developers, it&#...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
A quick way to tell if your Samsung phone is at risk, and what to do if it is
There's a lot of confusion as to exactly which Samsung phones are affected by today's big scary USSD v...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
Update, 09/26: Samsung has told us that the latest Galaxy S3 firmware fixes this exploit. Our own testing has shown other phones, particularly Galaxy S2 models, may still be at risk, however. I...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 13, 2012
OMG! Have you heard? Half of all Android devices have unpatched vulnerabilities, and are out there, sharing the same air as we are! The horror!
That's the feeling you'll get if you poke aro...
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by Simon Sage
Sep 11, 2012
Verizon has just launched a mobile security service powered by McAfee with a whole bunch of useful security tools. The free version provides protection against spyware keyloggers, and potentially ha...
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by Andrew Martonik
Aug 26, 2012
Many of us use Dropbox in varying capacities (see what I did there?), and when we do, we often use it as crucial backup storage for data that's important to us. If it wasn't important, ...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 09, 2012
With back to school season around the corner, some parents may be getting antsy about having their young ‘uns out in the big wide world. Luckily, thanks to phones and stand-alone GPS units, mi...
