Sophos updates Android Mobile Security software with SMS blocking
Sophos has updated its Android Mobile Security software to version 2.5 with SMS blocking capabilities as malware over text messaging continues to rise.
The smartphone security product guards users against phishing attacks launched through SMS messages by blocking suspicious messages and SMS transmissions from known bad actors. Sophos said the product isolates the messages in a special 'quarantine' folder outside of the user's inbox.
The INQUIRER met with Sophos' director of technology strategy James Lyne at the Information Security 2013 conference in London today, who explained the updates in further detail. "This version makes some enhancements in that from a performance perspective, so building on the capabilities that are already there and a new feature provides spam filtering for text and email," Lyne said.
