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  ​iPhone encryption is six years ahead of Android: cryptographer

  An analysis of the encryption Google Android 7.0 Nougat could explain why US law enforcement is so concerned about Apple’s iPhone.

  Liam Tung | 25 Nov | Read more

• Android, not iOS, is tops in mobile ad traffic for first time

  Devices running Google's Android operating system have dethroned Apple's iPhones and iPads as the biggest drivers of worldwide mobile ad traffic, according to a new study from Opera Mediaworks.

  Jon Gold | 23 Apr | Read more

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  Jelly Bean overtakes years-old Gingerbread as top Android version, finally

  The latest major version of Android, known as Jelly Bean, is now the most widely used variant of the platform, according to new statistics from Google.

  Jon Gold | 09 Jul | Read more

• Booming mobile industry spawning global criminal marketplace

  In an alarming 'post-PC' era alert, working group says criminal infrastructure created much faster than it was for PC fraud

  John P. Mello | 16 May | Read more

• Holiday cooking brings major traffic spike to Allrecipes.com

  It's the busy time of year for Allrecipes.com, which gets 700 million visitors annually, and to accommodate the surge of recipe-seekers, it's necessary to cook up some serious network changes in the data center.

  Ellen Messmer | 19 Dec | Read more

• With blue-chip backing, joint venture firm looks to embed crypto technology in mobile devices, electronic payments

  The London-based firm Trustonic made its official debut today to provide crypto-based technology for use in chips for a wide variety of purposes, including enterprise security such as VPNs, mobile-device security, payment services, and control over how content can be delivered for entertainment.

  Ellen Messmer | 18 Dec | Read more

• Security research labels more than 290,000 Google Play Android apps as 'high-risk'

  One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users, according to new research.

  Ellen Messmer | 01 Nov | Read more

• Investment firms feeling bullish on BYOD

  Don't fear the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend -- take a chance and find out if it works in your organization, say IT managers in the financial industry that let employees make use of their personal smartphones and tablets for work.

  Ellen Messmer | 22 Oct | Read more

• The Dirty Dozen of security-vulnerable smartphones

  Which <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/102011-tech-arguments-corporate-employee-mobile-devices-252229.html">smartphones</a> pose the biggest <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> and privacy risks to consumers and corporations?

  Ellen Messmer | 21 Nov | Read more

• How to fix the two-factor authentication log-in error in Gmail on Android

  I'm a fan of being secure, so naturally I decided to turn on two-factor authentication for my Google account.

  Rohan Pearce | 17 Nov | Read more

• Malware writers gunning for Google Android

  Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms have been the proving ground for mobile malware over the past five years, but a new Juniper Networks report states that Google Android now takes "the crown" as the platform getting the most attention from malware developers.

  Ellen Messmer | 11 May | Read more

• Android security: Six tips to protect your Google phone

  Google's Android Market mobile software shop was hit last week with its first major malware attack.

  Al Sacco | 09 Mar | Read more

• Researcher to release Web-based Android attack

  A computer security researcher says he plans to release code Thursday that could be used to attack some versions of Google's Android phones over the Internet.

  Robert McMillan | 05 Nov | Read more