Mobile security

From the humble passcode to biometric authentication, there are quite a few options to lock your Android phone. But which of them are more secure than the others?

ESET researchers detect a new way of misusing Accessibility Service, the Achilles’ heel of Android security

Hot on the heels of his research into an attack that attempted to take down ESET’s website, Lukas Stefanko sheds more light on threats posed by mobile botnets

Losing your smartphone can be expensive, but the cost of the device may not be the final price you’ll be paying

With World Backup Day upon us, we walk you through the ways to back up your iPhone or Android phone so that your personal information remains safe

Malware detections for iOS increased, as did the number of vulnerabilities detected in this operating system, while in the case of Android, the number of reported vulnerabilities decreased, although the number of highly critical bugs reported increased.

Are you in the 26% of people who use one of these PIN codes to unlock their phones?

No 3D-printed heads or realistic masks were needed to trick even a handful of high-end handset models into unlocking their screens

The unfortunate implications of a well-intentioned change to Google Play Developer policies – and the negative impact it has on ESET’s Android app customers