Integrated with the smartphone's firmware, it is impossible to remove or disable the malicious app.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jun 18, 2014
GSM radio sewn into sweatshirt allows different gestures to trigger different text messages to be sent to smartphone contact.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jun 09, 2014
Designed for company's DVRs and Hybrid DVR standalone recorders to allow more control of surveillance system in palm of users hand.
Just imagine unlocking your phone, buying apps and giving other apps permission to use your phone's fingerprint scanner for authentication.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jun 02, 2014
Tamoco utilized HID Trusted Tag Services to provide film lovers with the ability to use their Near Field Communications (NFC) enabled smartphone to receive Tribeca Film Festival tickets.
Just when you thought things might be settling down a bit in the IT department, this edict comes down from on-high.
- By Dan Lohrmann
- May 01, 2014
Engaging on Twitter leads to discover of app to help parents keep their children safe via open communication and allowing the child to be an advocate for their own safety.
- By Ginger Hill
- May 01, 2014
While most organizations have developed highly sophisticated, comprehensive emergency plans, they are often lacking the communication vehicle to meaningfully convey them and make them accessible to a wide audience before, during and after an event. Mobile devices provide a simple, efficient and secure channel to proactively get the most up-to-date plans and best practices into the right hands and mitigate overall risk.
- By Christopher Britton
- Apr 30, 2014
Heartbleed scanner identifies over 1,700 vulnerable mobile apps.
Collaboration aims to help more students connect with campus safety officials.
To secure the mobile workforce at the age of BYOD, IT security professionals and line-of-business executives must consider how mobility impacts their business risk profile.
- By Yishay Yovel
- Apr 18, 2014
Protect your digital life with this checklist of must-do security tasks.
- By Ginger Hill
- Apr 17, 2014
A short but close look at the murder of the password by biometrics, from the mainframe to the smartphone.
- By Ginger Hill
- Apr 16, 2014
The administrative burden of cards is eliminated while security compliance is improved.
The evolution of line security for handheld electronics in retail stores has been nothing short of amazing. When Scorpion Security Products launched its Scorpion security device, telecommunication and consumer electronics companies around the globe wanted the most unobtrusive, minimal security possible.
- By Pete Gulick
- Apr 01, 2014
NFC-enabled Samsung smartphones can now be easily used as ID badges for access control and other applications.
Security is no longer chained to a desktop, and breaking these chains has changed the face of remote monitoring. It used to be that remote monitoring meant keeping an eye on things from a central station, like a corporate security command center or even a thirdparty monitoring service.
- By Steve Surfaro
- Mar 01, 2014
Adding to their repertoire of products, the S5 boasts a fingerprint scanner, water and dust resistance and heart rate monitor.
- By Ginger Hill
- Feb 25, 2014
Never underestimate the appeal of smartphones for hackers with 1.4 billion of them traveling around in society. Tips to protect yourself and your Android included.
This might make you think twice about using your smartphone to pay for your Starbucks coffee drinks.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jan 16, 2014