mobile devices

Do your children spend all their time on their computer or smartphone? Kaspersky Safe Kids can help.

Setting up your child’s first smartphone right will help keep them safe — and save you money.

The ransomware app now uses infected devices to send SMS messages abroad on the victim’s dime.

Hacked SIM cards allow spying. We explain how and why.

Six severe vulnerabilities in iMessage that allow remote code execution and data stealing with no user interaction? Sounds like a good reason to update to iOS 12.4 as soon as possible.

Why personal mobile devices used for work need to be secure.

FinSpy is spyware for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux that is sold legally. What it can do and how to defend yourself.

When the apps on your phone don’t update automatically, and you can’t find the right setting, we tell you where to look.

Employees going away for the winter break? We explain what to do to keep trips from turning into corporate data leaks.

Adult content is an ace in the hole for cybercriminals attacking Android devices.

Android Trojans have been mimicking banking apps, messengers, and social apps for a while. Taxi-booking apps are next on the list.

Many users of devices running Android are tempted to root them. Here we explain the good and bad sides of having superuser rights.

Samsung releases more and more devices with Tizen OS. At SAS 2017, we found out that this OS is highly insecure.

Modern Android users have, on average, 66 apps installed on their devices. Most of these apps start working without users launching them.

Everything you need to know about mobile banking Trojans and how to fight them.

We discovered a Pokémon Go Trojan in Google Play. It had already been downloaded 500,000 times.

Once, hackers wrote malware just for the fun of it, but now Trojans are serious business. However, here are five modern, weird malware samples that may be funny and strange, but they are still very dangerous.

Apple is no longer going to encrypt the kernel of its iOS operating system. This looks like another step toward turning iOS into something similar to Android.

Research shows that nearly 40% of people rate their smartphone at least as important as their close friends. And one man recently even married his phone!

Charging your smartphone’s battery over USB can be dangerous: Thieves can steal your files, infect your smartphone with something nasty — or even brick it.