New Hacks Strike at Heart of Mobile Innovations

As fierce competition leads to rapid innovation in the smartphone market, hackers have pounced on cracks in defences of developments on devices at the heart of modern lifestyles, experts say. Smartphones have become increasingly targets for cybercriminals as people cram the gadgets with troves of personal information and go on to use them for work. “Mobile devices are taking a

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As Hacking Grows, Biometric Security Gains Momentum

With hackers seemingly running rampant online and millions of users compromised, efforts for stronger online identity protection – mainly using biometrics – are gaining momentum. Biometrics, which can include fingerprints, iris scans, facial or voice recognition and other methods, got a major boost with Apple’s introduction of its iPhones with Touch ID. Samsung followed with its own fingerprint scanner and

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