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News about mobile security
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Zero-day flaw in Google Admin app allows malicious apps to read its files
An unpatched vulnerability in the Google Admin application for Android can allow rogue applications to steal credentials that could be used to access Google for Work acccounts.
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Google has another try at patching Stagefright flaw
Google has released another patch for the Stagefright vulnerability after a security firm said the first one didn't fix it.
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Use SAP's mobile platform? Patch now to avoid these 'high risk' vulnerabilities
Three “high risk” vulnerabilities in SAP Mobile could give attackers access to encrypted information stored in mobile devices, security firm Onapsis reported Wednesday.
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Mobile banking apps in developing nations have weak security
The developing world is increasingly using mobile banking apps to move money, but new research shows those apps are often poorly coded and pose security risks.
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BlackBerry denies its OS was to blame in Jeep Cherokee hack
Responding to an accusatory blog post, BlackBerry has again denied that its embedded operating system caused the potentially dangerous vulnerability recently demonstrated in Chrysler Jeep Cherokees.
Features about mobile security
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Bad bots on the rise: A look at mobile, social, porn, and spam bots.
From 2012 to 2013, Incapsula, a website security firm focusing on CDN solutions as load balancing, found that bot traffic went from consisting of 51 percent to 61.5 percent of all Internet traffic, a 10.5-percent increase. Thirty-one percent of those bots are malicious, according to data from the report.
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In wake of BlackBerry's demise, CIOs look to Samsung, Apple and Microsoft
BlackBerry's fall means CIOs must quickly develop a new mobile strategy. The big three of enterprise mobility are familiar names -- Apple, Samsung and Microsoft. Who will win out?
