Endpoint/Device Security

An Android banking trojan dubbed LokiBot turns into a ransomware when users try to remove its admin privileges in a last ditch effort to extort the user.

Encryption has kept the FBI from accessing 7,000 mobile devices, says FBI Director Christopher Wray.

A recent Symantec report found 25 percent of financial service employee mobile devices have unpatched vulnerabilities.

The Norwegian Consumer Council and Mnemonic researchers are warning consumers about the dangers of poorly secured smartwatches marketed to children.

The program represents the first time top Android app developers are being asked establish public-facing vulnerability disclosure programs on the HackerOne platform...with Google Play picking up the tab for bonus bounties.

The Sockbot malware has made its way into at least eight Apps in the Google Play Store with the intent of adding devices to botnets and performing DDoS attacks.