"Security" tag

Trend Micro Spotlights The Security Features Of BlackBerry 10 In Infographic

I’ve used Trend Micro for the last 6 or 7 years on my computers and laptops and I love how it works, quickly and never slowing down my systems and updating, keeping my computing devices in top shape and defended. I was so happy when BlackBerry and Trend Micro announced February 24th that BlackBerry would…

BlackBerry Now Joins The FIDO Alliance and Board In Seeking Secure and Universal Authentification for Mobile Platforms

  FIDO is the Fast IDentity Online Alliance which is a 501 non-profit organization which was formed in July 2012. The alliance was formed to address certain issues and to find ways to authenticate easier than the current methods without losing security. The FIDO Alliance website has the following explanation: “to address the lack of…

BlackBerry Awarded “Authority to Operate” on U.S. Department of Defense Networks

The BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 running BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 become the first smartphones to be given the Authority To Operate (ATO) on the Department Of Defense networks.  It will start with a 10,000 unit roll out moving up towards 30,000 units by year end.  You can read the full press release below.  This further…

Obvious Android Malware App Missed by Google Bouncer & Most Antivirus Products

  I always love seeing Android phones packed to the gills with Antivirus software. The latest session to come out of DefCon goes to show that Antivirus on Android is not only a good idea but sadly it might not even help. Craig Young, a researcher at security firm Tripwire, showed off a pretty easy…

BlackHat Session on BlackBerry 10 Security a Total "Un-amusing" FLOP

I have to say I am highly surprised that BlackHat offered Ralf-Phillip Weinmann of the University of Luxenbourg a chance to speak on BlackBerry 10 security during the conference. This is the same conference where researchers showed how to compromise the latest Apple iOS (even the iOS 7 beta) devices through a malicious USB cable…

Keep Your Passwords And Personal Data Safe With PassCrypt

If anyone has ever read any of my writing, you’d know that I really place a lot of importance in security and that’s another reason I value my BlackBerry so much. Any software that becomes available that enhances that security is even more appealing to me. This caught my eye and I know that there…

BlackBerry Issues Statement On Their Use of Emails Credentials To Simplify Account Setup

BlackBerry has come out and confirmed what we stated earlier about a report claiming they were passing email credentials to BlackBerry’s servers. As I said before BlackBerry does this to help configure your email account on BlackBerry 10. Even more so BlackBerry has been doing this sort of configuration securely for over a decade with…

Latest Survey Finds BlackBerry Users Are The Most Security Savvy

  Its not a huge surprise but its still an interesting statistic. SellCell, a used cellphone buyer, has done a survey of the different mobile device users and how they act on securing their devices. They found that BlackBerry users are the most likely to know how to wipe their phone though 17% recycled their…

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