Endpoint/Device Security

FBI Director James Comey brought his case against encryption to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and said it hampers terrorism investigations.

The malicious third-party Android app conducts click fraud, premium rate SMS fraud and downloads additional malicious APKs.

MasterCard has announced that it will begin using facial recognition and other biometric measures to verify payments in an effort to replace passwords.

Mobile malware jumped 6.4 percent from Q4 2015 to Q1 2015 with half of the malware being financially motivated, a G DATA study showed.

Application security firm Checkmarx announced on Thursday it received an $84M investment from Insight Venture Partners.

NowSecure detailed a vulnerability in Samsung's pre-installed Swift keyboard app that leaves device owners vulnerable to remote code execution.

During the afternoon keynote at SC Congress Toronto, Lodewijkx shared IBM's guiding principles for mitigating IT security threats.

Apple will require iOS 9 users to use six-digit passwords and two-factor authentication when signing into Apple services from a new device or browser.