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CISA’s Reset Delays Action as Mobile Spyware Surges

July 24, 2025

The recent shakeups at CISA, while aimed at modernizing federal cybersecurity, are having the opposite effect in the short term.

5M Public, Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks Found Exposed

Security Staff

July 18, 2025

Mobile threats are growing and evolving as malicious actors engage in mobile-first attack strategies.

Malicious actors using multimedia messages to promote Bitcoin scams

Security Staff

February 6, 2025

Video-based abuse is being leveraged in a new Bitcoin scam.

Executives targeted in mobile spearphishing attacks

Jordyn Alger

December 20, 2024

Executives are targeted in mobile spearphishing attacks, and security leaders share their insights.

93% of Total Mobile Transactions in 2019 Were Fraudalent

January 30, 2020

A new report has found that 93 percent of total mobile transactions in 20 countries were blocked as fraudulent in 2019.

Mobile Theft and Loss Report Finds Large Percentage of Missing Devices are Simply Misplaced

People are their own worst enemy when it comes to device loss; devices are most likely to be lost in familiar places, such as offices and school, where people feel most secure

March 5, 2019

Prey Inc. announced the results of the inaugural Prey Mobile Theft & Loss Report, which found that misplaced devices were responsible for the vast majority – 69 percent – of all devices reported missing in 2018. Ultimately, the Prey survey determined that mobile device owners are a greater threat to their devices than are thieves and that, when if comes to device theft, the most comfortable and familiar places, such as offices, homes or schools, can be the least safe.

Study Says Companies are Sacrificing Mobile Security and Face Greater Mobile Threats

The Verizon Mobile Security Index finds half of respondents sacrificed security to “get the job done”.

March 5, 2019

Verizon’s second Mobile Security Index finds that more organizations are compromising mobile security in order to “get the job done”, and in turn are facing a greater risk of data loss, downtime and damage to their reputation and customer relationships.

Attacks on Mobile Devices and Apps on the Rise

August 3, 2016

Enterprises continue to fall short when it comes to protecting corporate data on mobile apps and devices.

Retail security professionals are facing an increasingly complex array of security challenges — everything from organized retail crime to evolving cyber-physical threats and public safety concerns.