Matt Conover worries that malicious Net users may know something about instant messaging that he doesn't. The hacker and security expert, who specializes in finding holes in instant messaging clients, ...

Mobile devices are everywhere, and most healthcare organizations are following the trend and adopting mobile devices at the point of care. In particular, clinicians at hospitals and healthcare ...

Their firms blocked access to America Online's AOL Instant Messenger and competing services. They were worried about viruses and other security threats, and that the content couldn't be monitored and ...

RIT cybersecurity experts are helping make instant messaging safer for activists in countries controlled by restrictive regimes. In early 2022, pentesters from RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute ...

Security problems relating to the unfettered use of consumer chat software on corporate networks are fueling the adoption of tougher security measures and more commercial-grade products, users and ...

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Symmetrium, the zero-trust, mobile data governance, and security platform designed to turn any mobile device into a virtual extension of the enterprise, ...

Instant messaging (IM) -- whether companies view it as a worker productivity booster or a security threat -- is a popular communication application that many workers use, with or without permission, ...

Security experts have spotted the first attempts to create an Internet worm that propagates using instant messages and exploits a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft software. Security experts have ...

The top five risks facing enterprises that allow instant messaging. 1. Viruses and worms over IM. Out of the top 50 viruses and worms over the past six months, 19 of them used peer-to-peer or IM ...

Apple is adding to the iMessage instant messaging service a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol named PQ3, designed to defend encryption from quantum attacks. iMessage is the default communication ...