mobile security

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  Threat of the Week: Mobile Malware, Menace or Myth?

  By Robert McGarvey  |  April 1, 2013

  The press releases pile up, shrieking about yet another new mobile malware menace. Just one problem: it’s all public relations bloat.

• Study: Online Threats Keep Multiplying, Mobile Phones Still Comparatively Safe

  By Robert McGarvey  |  October 31, 2012

  Mobile phones still relatively safe, but one estimate says infected PCs giving up $900,000 in stolen money daily.

• NFCC Says Most Consumers Fear Identity Theft

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  October 16, 2012

  Foundation planning "Protect Your Identity" week with partners: Set for Oct. 20-27.

• Report: Huge Spike in Mobile Transactions in Past Year

  By Robert McGarvey  |  September 28, 2012

  Device-focused security company iovation has announced that it has tracked a six-fold increase in financial services transactions that originate on mobile devices from 2011 to 2012.

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  Pew Report Finds Smartphone Users Eschewing Apps

  By Marc Rapport  |  September 17, 2012

  Survey says security concerns prompt many smartphone users to disable or not download some apps.

• Mobile Security Still a Race Between Bad Guys and Good Guys

  By Eileen Courter  |  August 5, 2012

  Pop quiz: Which statement is true? Mobile banking is becoming more secure. When it comes to mobile security, the crooks are gaining.

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  Security Failures: Who Pays The Tab?

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 5, 2012

  The question does not get any blunter. When cyber-criminals empty a bank or share draft account, who is left holding the losses?

• Why Mobile Banking Is Stalled in the UK: Study

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 3, 2012

  Security concerns slow down adoption across the pond.

• London Calling: 67,000 Phones Said Likely to Vanish During Olympics

  By Marc Rapport  |  July 26, 2012

  Security firm estimates 67,000 mobile phones will be lost or stolen during the Summer Olympics, exposing enough potentially sensitive data to fill 200 million books.

• Got Secrets? 87% of Smartphone Users Do

  By Robert McGarvey  |  June 7, 2012

  Dallas developer's survey finds most people do and that one fourth say someone have accessed them.