A new law in New Zealand means that travelers can be fined thousands of dollars if they refuse to allow border officials access to their phone.

Research from Kaspersky Lab has found that 52 percent of people do not password-protect their mobile devices, and only 22 percent of consumers use anti-theft solutions on their phones.

Sirin Labs has unveiled its new smartphone - a $14,000 device said to be the most secure mobile phone in the world.

Rutgers University researchers have performed the first study of free-form gesture passwords for smartphones in the field.

Mastercard is rolling out a biometrics payments service that will kill passwords within five years.

A consumer survey from First Insight says that more than 75 percent of respondents would not shop at a store that used facial recognition technology for marketing purposes.

Despite more than three quarters (77 percent) of IT managers saying their company has a security policy in place for the use of tablets and smartphones, IT professionals are still downloading unauthorised applications onto their devices, according to new research by Kaspersky Lab.