Is your smartphone secure? Tips to keep your information safe

With 6 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide—that's about 87 percent of the world population—and an even higher percentage of users estimated on campuses, Indiana University has embarked on a mobile security campaign ...

Apple ordered to pay $368 million in patent case

Apple has been ordered to pay $368 million for patent infringement in its use of Facetime, an application that allows for video calls on mobile devices, the plaintiff said Wednesday.

NIST provides draft guidelines to secure mobile devices

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft guidelines that outline the baseline security technologies mobile devices should include to protect the information they handle. Smart phones, ...

Security experts sound medical device malware alarm

(Phys.org)—Speakers at a government gathering revealed more reasons for nervous patients to get out their worry beads over future hospital stays. Besides staph infections, wrong-side surgeries and inaccurate dosages, there ...

Apple buying AuthenTec for about $356 million

(AP) — Apple has agreed to buy fingerprint reader AuthenTec Inc. for approximately $356 million as the maker of iPhones and iPads looks to strengthen its digital security capabilities.

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