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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched investigations to determine if Apple and Google have strategic market status (SMS) in their mobile ecosystems, including operating systems, app stores and mobile browsers.

Finnish smartphone maker HMD (Human Mobile Devices) has entered Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) Communications market with the launch of a new mobile messaging device called HMD OffGrid.

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 6.2% year-over-year in 2024 to 1.24 billion units, according to the latest figures from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

The Meta family of apps—Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger—request the most data from smartphone users, according to research from data centre company TRG Datacenters.

COMPANY NEWS: Appdome, the one-stop shop for mobile app defence, today announced a unique collaboration with NetSPI, the global leader in offensive security as part of its launch of Appdome's new Mobile App Defense Project, a community program aimed at improving mobile DevSecOps for everyone. This collaboration aims to create a more secure mobile app economy, raise the bar on mobile app defence and provide rapid, validated, continuous cyber and anti-fraud solutions for all mobile applications globally.

COMPANY NEWS: Appdome, the one-stop shop for mobile app defence, announced that Bugcrowd, the only multi-solution crowdsourced cybersecurity platform, joined its new Mobile App Defense Project, a community program aimed at improving mobile DevSecOps for everyone. This collaboration aims to create a more secure mobile app economy, raise the bar on mobile app defence, and provide rapid, validated, continuous cyber and anti-fraud solutions for all mobile applications globally.

Security vendor Norton is applying AI to scam detection, and its new Norton Genie app is now available to the public in an early access program.

New major versions of Apple's operating systems are already in beta test, but the company has just released iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, watchOS 9.6 and tvOS 16.6, as well as iOS 15.7.8 and iPadOS 15.7.8.

Apple has released security updates for a slew of vulnerabilities in its iOS, iPadOS and macOS Ventura operating systems, with two of the flaws affecting the three operating systems having been exploited in the wild.

Security vendor WatchGuard Technologies' AuthPoint Total Identity Security bundles AuthPoint multi-factor authentication with dark web credential monitoring capabilities and a corporate password manager.

GUEST RESEARCH: When Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the explosive growth of Twitter competitor Threads – 30 million downloads in the first hours after a Wednesday night launch and 70 million after the first full day of operation – at first, we had to take his word for it.

Apple has issued emergency updates to fix zero-days in its iOS, iPadOS and macOS Ventura operating systems, the 10th fix for zero-days being exploited in the wild issued this calendar year.

GUEST RESEARCH: Twitter began turning away some of the most active visitors to its website this weekend, telling them they were viewing too many tweets too quickly. Framed as a way to limit access by data-sucking AI bots, the move gave users a reason to try or revisit alternatives.

GUEST RESEARCH: Zimperium, the only mobile-first security platform for mobile devices and apps, today released its highly anticipated Global Mobile Threat Report 2023.

COMPANY NEWS: Appdome, the mobile app economy's one stop shop for mobile app defence, today announced the launch of its new MOBILEBot Defense solution. This groundbreaking solution offers mobile brands unparalleled bot detection, comprehensive intelligence and rapid defence against malicious bots, credential stuffing and account takeovers (ATOs) in mobile app business lines. Appdome is currently the only company to offer comprehensive anti-bot defence built specifically for mobile apps.

Apple has issued fixes for two flaws in its iOS and iPadOS operating systems that were used to attack employees of Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky.

The ancient game of chess needs no introduction, enthralling players of all ages and skill levels for centuries. What a time we live in where we can easily play chess against our smartphone thanks to Gamovation's free app.

Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky has revealed it has been hit by an attack that injects spyware into iPhones used by its employees, an attack that has been going on since 2019 and has been named Operation Triangulation.

COMPANY NEWS:Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, today announced major enhancements to its Radware Bot Manager as part of its 360-degree approach to application protection.

Business software provider Zoho has launched its own browser. Ulaa is said to universally block tracking and website surveillance.