Lookout

Lookout sells its consumer cybersecurity business to F-Secure and goes all-in on the enterprise
Lookout sells its consumer cybersecurity business to F-Secure and goes all-in on the enterprise
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Lookout sells its consumer cybersecurity business to F-Secure and goes all-in on the enterprise

Paul Sawers 48 Views, 2 min read

Lookout’s long-running transition to becoming an enterprise security company is all but complete, revealing today that it’s selling its consumer mobile security business to Finland’s F-Secure. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of Boston in 2009, Lookout originally started out as a consumer-focused smartphone security and data backup business, garnering millions of […]

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Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware
Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware
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Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware

Zack Whittaker 272 Views, , , , , , , , , , 3 min read

Security researchers at Lookout recently tied a previously unattributed Android mobile spyware, dubbed Hermit, to Italian software house RCS Lab. Now, Google threat researchers have confirmed much of Lookout’s findings and are notifying Android users whose devices were compromised by the spyware. Hermit is a commercial spyware known to be used by governments, with victims […]

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