MobileSecurity

Create an interactive lock screen for your smartphone from one of your own photos with this useful app.

The European Union has followed the Federal Trade Commission in calling for more oversight of mobile app developers to maintain user privacy.

In part two of our future-focused series, we look at how technology is providing solutions for potential mobile security issues that we can expect to see in the coming years.

Smartphones are increasingly targeted by malware makers, here's a two-part series where we look into our crystal ball.

If you're using public wi-fi, you’re sharing a network connection that anyone has access to - which means the network and your data are open to exploitation.

Have you considered disabling or removing apps from your device to help improve your smartphone's performance?

Nine out of ten shoppers in the US have used their smartphone to find bargains online while out and about, according to research from JiWire.

Find out how using an old smartphone as a security camera can be a great way of recycling your device.

In our final piece on the history of smartphone threats, we focus on Android - where malware authors are doing their utmost to spoil the party.

Researchers at Erlangen University have devised an Android hack that demonstrates how Android security can be breached with the help of a fridge-freezer. 

Our second instalment looks at Java-based threats and how attention turned to SMS as a means to generate cash for malware writers. 

With this three-part series, we’ll look at how cell phones have increasingly become the target of malware authors. 

No matter how you celebrate your holiday seasons, it seems the cybercriminals always see it as an opportunity to trick and con their way to a blossoming bank account. 

Recent reports suggest that government organisations are willing to offer more variety to employees wanting to bring their own smartphone into the workplace.