Wi-Fi standards and device security remain prominent concerns in the road to wide-scale IoT adoption, a new report from ABI Research has said.

Security within virtualised technology is one of the biggest challenges facing operators and vendors next year, standards agency ETSI has warned.

Mobile technology is a wonderful thing that has enriched our lives, yet we’re reminded all too often that it doesn’t always work in our favour.

Telefónica has signed strategic alliances with a range of companies to help bolster its mobile security technology.

Security threats on mobile networks have moved away from smartphones and back onto personal computers and laptops, new research from Alcatel-Lucent has found.

Telefónica has completed a wireless area network (WAN) proof of concept with NEC and NetCracker, aimed at providing SDN/NFV-based VPN services for enterprises.

Nokia has expanded its security portfolio to help operators tackle the “multifaceted” task of securing networks in the smartphone and IoT era.

Qualcomm has built new anti-malware tech that uses machine learning to fight off threats.

Deutsche Telekom and Intel are looking to digital "honey pots" to help customers develop rapid response sensors to cyber-attacks.

Vodafone Group CTO Steve Pusey is joining security company FireEye as a director, as he gears up to leave the UK-based operator.

F-Secure will offer real-time multi-device security to Telecom Italia's customers, as the operator looks to cope with the growing threats to smartphones and tablets.

The move towards virtualised networks, which has been exciting the industry during the past 12 months, has one unexpected downside; it could be more vulnerable to threats.

SRD Wireless has built what it has described as the first secure messaging app that is resistant to attacks from quantum computing.

Silent Circle has "substantially rewritten" its iOS messaging app, offering the ability to send secure messages to those who do not use it.

More than 99 percent of new mobile threats in the first three months of 2014 targeted the Android ecosystem, a new survey has revealed, with the UK experiencing the most attacks.

Digital security software company Gemalto and French telecom provider SFR have joined forces to provide a Cloud-based authentication solution for businesses.

The OpenSSL Project has boosted its funding by fivefold following a donation by Nokia Solutions and Networks to help stop the recurrence of bugs such as Heartbleed.

Revelations about NSA hacking, the increasingly sophisticated level of threats to smartphones and the growing number of people using their own devices at work has led the mobile device security market to grow by 40 percent to €937 million, according to new research. 

HTC is working on updating its security settings after new research found a number of its smartphones are at risk from the Heartbleed security flaw.

IBM has patented an encrypted cloud security product that allows app developers to securely send and receive notifications from mobile devices.