By Howard Solomon
Privacy of mobile apps questioned, models at risk on adult sites, medical images poorly protected and no hiding from this courtWelcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday January 17th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cyber security for ITWorldCanada.com. To hear the podcast click on the arrow below: The world is awash with mobile apps promising to help make your life better, but at what price?
By Kyle Wiggers
The growth in popularity of mobile apps hasn’t kept pace with app security improvements — quite the opposite. It’s estimated that roughly 63% of so-called grayware apps leak phones’ mobile numbers and that 62% of the top VPN apps request dangerous or unusual permissions. Researchers at Symantec found in a recent study that the number of new mobile malware variants increased by 54% in 2017 over 2016’s numbers.
