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Mobile security continues to be in the cybersecurity spotlight. This follow-up focuses on mobile security trends, how the attack landscape has evolved, and what the average individual or organization can do to avoid the common pitfalls.

CS Digest Articles Discussed:

US Gov’t Probes Mobile Phone Industry Over the Sad State of Security Updates

FCC and FTC coordinate probe of OS developers, hardware makers, and carriers.

10 Million Android Devices Reportedly Infected With Chinese Malware

A security software maker says that Chinese cybercriminals have gained access to millions of smartphones around the world.

Critical Vulnerability Plagues 60% of Android Devices

A Critical Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment (QSEE) affects around 60 percent of all Android devices around the world, despite being already fixed, researchers warn.

Your Battery Status is Being Used to Track You Online

A little-known web standard that lets site owners tell how much battery life a mobile device has left has been found to enable tracking online, a year after privacy researchers warned that it had the potential to do just that.

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James Rice
James Rice
James Rice is a Cybersecurity Instructor at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) and was the Lead Instructor for the GenCyber summer camps at MVCC for 2016 and 2017. He is also a cybersecurity analyst at Quanterion Solutions Incorporated.

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