Mobile Security

Silent Circle aims at the enterprise market with Blackphone 2

The new phone's features make it more enterprise-friendly than its predecessor

BlackBerry pins hopes on an Android phone, Priv, as handset losses continue

Chip card reality check: Oct. 1 deadline termed a ‘soft incentive’

Liability affects merchants, not consumers; full adoption of chip cards in U.S. could take years

How Apple’s App Store malware is attacking iOS users

Initially reported to not have caused harm, XcodeGhost has some powerfully malicious capabilities to compromise iOS and steal sensitive information.

5 ways to shore up security in your BYOD strategy

Samsung teams with Sectra to secure mobile phones for governments

Sectra is linking its Tiger/R hardware and software encryption system with Samsung's Knox mobile management platform to carry 'Restricted' calls and texts for governments

Windows devices account for 80% of malware infections transmitted via mobile networks

As PC owners increasing take to mobile connections for Internet access, malware follows

Xerox introduces printed-memory labels to fight counterfeiting

The labels can contain encrypted data

Adblock Plus releases ad-blocking browser for Android, iOS

Google pulled an Adblock Plus app from the Play Store in 2013, claiming it interfered with other products and services

How BlackBerry’s acquisition of Good Technologies can help both rebound

The two companies will benefit from joining forces and capitalizing on a changing mobile security market.