Start using a new app and you’ll often be asked to grant it permissions. But blindly accepting them could expose you to serious privacy and security risks. Let’s take a closer look.

Zephin Livingston is a former staff reviewer at Forbes Advisor, specializing in testing and reviewing privacy and security software, like VPNs, antivirus software, password managers and more. Zephin ...

Is it time to add a security app to your mobile device? You bet, especially if it's an android. Without some protection your smart phone or table could wind up with a nasty virus that could compromise ...

An analysis of more than half a million mobile applications found that nearly one in five had hardcoded encryption keys, nearly one in six used software components with known vulnerabilities, and ...

In an era where smartphones have become an extension of our personal and professional lives, ensuring mobile security is more crucial than ever. Cyber threats, data breaches, and privacy concerns are ...

It’s estimated that 75% of security vulnerabilities go undiscovered. Much of this has to do simply with ease of access – for a long time, mobile security has relied on biometric authentication, such ...

Bitdefender has updated its mobile security app for Android with the ability to scan SD cards on-demand or when they’re mounted. The latst version also adds anti-theft features allowing you to ...

Are you confident that the apps on your smartphone are safe? Think again. Cybercriminals exploit loopholes in mobile app store security, unleashing a new breed of malicious apps onto unsuspecting ...

Most mobile app risk comes from software your organization didn’t build, approve, or even know existed.

With the adoption of cloud computing and mobility skyrocketing, e-mail security and compliance player Proofpoint on Tuesday put its security into the public cloud and onto mobile devices with the ...