Security

We live so much of our lives on our smartphones these days, routinely using our handsets to do everything from replying to emails to moving money between accounts. Security is therefore a really big issue to consumers, as they want to be sure no sensitive data can be compromised, especially if a phone is lost or stolen. As a result, manufacturers have sought to make…Continue reading...

We all know about the need to protect computers from viruses and cyber-attacks - and most of us pay money to keep our devices safe from these ever-evolving threats.Yet for some reason, a surprising number of us don't take the same precautions with our mobile phones.In fact, research by Virgin Media has found that only 34 per cent of people have installed anti-virus software on…Continue reading...

A report has revealed the mobile phones which get stolen the most – and the results might surprise you. According to a UK-based report, the phone which is most likely to get robbed is not an iPhone but the HTC M8. The model which was released back in 2015 retails for around $400. This is the most current data available. The statistics from 2016 have yet…Continue reading...

New trojanised adware has been discovered by mobile security firm Lookout, which is thought to affect over 20,000 popular apps available on the Google Play store. Some of the malware posing as a legitimate version of the most popular apps include imitations of Candy Crush, Facebook, GoogleNow, Snapchat, Twitter, WhatsApp and many more. Adware is traditionally used to aggressively push ads, but it is now…Continue reading...

Smartphones are so ubiquitous in our daily lives that it is easy to forget they only started to take off in 2007, with the launch of the first Apple iPhone. And they are becoming even more useful with each successive generation, being used for an increasing range of purposes - the release of Apple Pay stands as testament to that, as smartphones may soon even replace…Continue reading...