Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

On Monday, the tech giant unveiled its Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) with several auto companies, including Audi, Honda and General Motors.

After a leak resulted in the data of 4.6 million users ending up online, photo messaging service Snapchat has issued a public response to the incident.

The vulnerability discovered by an Israeli security researcher affects Samsung's Galaxy S4 device, which is currently used by government agencies.

A well-liked privacy feature available in Android 4.3, but not intended for release, was removed by Google when Android 4.4.2 was released on Dec. 9.

A malicious app, known as mToken, has infected more than 2,000 mobile devices and intercepted at least 25,000 SMS messages, researchers found.

An Android vulnerability that allows a rogue app to remove all existing securities activated by a user of the popular mobile operating system was discovered by researchers in Berlin.

Again, it's the time for the annual "doom and gloom" security outlook for the coming year. Understandable, when after a busy season of attacks it seems likely that next year will only bring worse.