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Android security: Patching improves, but fragmentation challenges remain
A new report shows that Android mobile device manufacturers are getting better at patching the OS, but patching levels vary across models and vendors.
The trouble with 2fa
With a large percentage of your workforce now working remotely, two-factor authentication (2fa) can make them (or your company data) safer online. But how you're doing it now probably isn't helping much at all.
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3 ways COVID-19 is changing CISO priorities
The scramble to enable remote workers changes security strategies, priorities, and workflows for 2020.
4 ways 5G will change your enterprise threat model
The benefits that fifth-generation cellular networks will enable come with security risks that organizations need to pay attention to right now.
Best Android antivirus? The top 8 tools
There are plenty of antivirus tools for Android. Here's how the top 8 measure up in protection, usability and features.
8 mobile security threats you should take seriously in 2020
Mobile malware? Some mobile security threats are more pressing. Every enterprise should have its eye on these eight issues.
5G security is a mess. Could digital certificates help?
5G inherited security vulnerabilities from earlier mobile technology, but digital certificates might solve the issue of unauthenticated messages.
Cybersecurity in 2020: From secure code to defense in depth
CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World tackle the hot security issues, from prioritizing risk to securing digital transformation.
7 mobile security threats that may catch you by surprise
Even if you're usually savvy about cybersecurity, anyone can have a vulnerable moment (in our writer's case, it was his mother's funeral).
Emergent Android banking Trojan shows app overlay attacks are still effective
By taking code from another Android Trojan, Anubis, the Ginp malware has enhanced itself and has begun targeting banks.
What you need to know about new data-security rules for business travel
From U.S. Customs agents to cybercriminals, everyone wants to copy the data on your phone and laptop. Here’s how to protect your rights and also avoid industrial espionage.
Security spending up, but adoption of cutting-edge tools is slow
While security budgets are expected to increase over the next year, it’s not clear that spending is aimed at the right problems or that IT is up-to-date on the latest security practices. (Download our research report.)
Will 5G increase mobile security?
We love our smartphones, but there's a dark side. Their prevalence and users’ tendencies to connect over public Wi-Fi make mobile devices a common target of bad guys. Analyst Jack Gold looks at how to mitigate the risk.
Top mobile VPNs for the enterprise
Any of these six VPNs can securely connect mobile devices to your enterprise network if it supports the configuration options you need.
Can you be mobile AND secure?
Despite the security challenges mobile devices create, there is no going back. Users demand corporate access from their smartphones and companies benefit from this access with increased efficiency, better use of time and improved user...
Are you being tracked through a Bluetooth security vulnerability?
The Bluetooth protocol, which was never that secure to begin with, now allows the bad guys to track your location on some laptops and phones, but worse could be the entry it offers into the IoT.
12 things every computer security pro should know
Fighting the good fight takes specialized knowledge. Here's the baseline of what all security pros should know.
