Mobile security covers threats to smartphones and tablets, including malicious apps, data theft, account compromise, and insecure wireless connections.
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Mobile security covers the protection of smartphones, tablets, and closely related handheld devices, including their operating systems, applications, wireless connections, and stored data. These devices combine personal and business information with cellular, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and location services, and often provide access to cloud and corporate systems.
Material risks include malicious or over-privileged applications, phishing and fraudulent authentication prompts, unpatched operating-system or baseband vulnerabilities, and exposure after a device is lost or stolen. Security teams typically reduce these risks through timely updates, approved application sources, encryption, strong screen locks and phishing-resistant authentication where supported, and mobile-device management that enforces policy and can remove access or wipe business data. Application permissions and device telemetry also require privacy controls, particularly when personal and corporate data share the same device. Mobile vulnerability disclosures and incidents may require checking device models, operating-system versions, applications, and management coverage rather than treating all mobile devices as equivalent.
The SOVA Android banking trojan continues to evolve with new features, code improvements, and the addition of a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on mobile devices. [...]
Security flaws have been identified in Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T and Redmi Note 11 models, which could be exploited to disable the mobile payment mechanism and even forge transactions via a rogue Android app installed on the devices
Six years on web devs finally settle on sensor privacy defenses Six years after web security and privacy concerns surfaced about ambient light sensors in mobile phones and notebooks, browser boffins have finally implemented defenses.…
Security analysts have found weaknesses in the implementation of the trusted execution environment (TEE) in MediaTek-powered Xiaomi smartphones, which could enable third-party unprivileged apps to disable the payment system or forge payments. [...]
SOVA v4 features new capabilities and is reportedly targeting more than 200 mobile applications
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare on Tuesday disclosed at least 76 employees and their family members received text messages on their personal and work phones bearing similar characteristics as that of the sophisticated phishing attack against Twilio
It makes perfect sense for enterprises as well as enthusiasts. Just ask GitLab Opinion I've been preaching the gospel of the Linux desktop for more years than some of you have been alive. However, unless you argue that the Linux desktop includes Android smartphones and ChromeOS laptops, there will be no year of the Linux desktop.…