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Managing Mobile Business Insecurities

CTOvision

Stats include: In 2016, 480 million smartphones will be distributed worldwide; of those 65% will be used for both business and personal purposes. Today about 75% of mobile apps fail the most basic security tests, and that number is probably going up not down. billion of mobile devices will have security applications installed.

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Report: 2.5 million people fell victim to ransomware last year, up 11% from 2016

Tech Republic Security

Ransomware attacks continue to rise worldwide, with the US experiencing the most mobile ransomware threats in the past year, according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab.

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Research: Apple rated highest for security on mobile devices

Tech Republic Security

Mobile devices are almost universal in the enterprise in 2016. Tech Pro Research conducted a survey to see what devices employees are using for work, and how safe these devices are.

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Top 10 desktop, tablet, smartphone and mobile device stories of 2016

Computer Weekly

2016 was the year Microsoft pushed out a major Windows update, Linux celebrated its 25th anniversary and female personae took over AI

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The top 10 mobile risks of 2016

Tech Republic Security

2016 was a big year for mobile devices - in good and bad ways. Here are the biggest disasters we saw this year.

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Contactless payments through mobile phones no longer a novelty

Computer Weekly

The amount of contactless payments made through mobile devices increased by 336% compared with 2016, according to figures from Worldpay

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Report: 2016 saw 8.5 million mobile malware attacks, ransomware and IoT threats on the rise

Tech Republic Security

Mobile malware attacks increased more than three times between 2015 and 2016, according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab. Here's what you need to know.

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