2 Internet security firms develop app to protect smartphones

Two global Internet security firms, Kaspersky Lab and WISeKey, have joined forces in developing a mobile app that will protect mobile devices’ most personal and valuable information from cybercriminals.

The app is also designed for use on wearable gadgets being developed by tech companies around the globe.

Kaspersky Lab and WISeKey, a Swissbased cyber-security company, announced the launch of the WISeID Mobile Security Cyber-Resilience app at the World Economic Forum in Davos late last month.

They stressed that tackling cybercrime has become an important global concern issue and partnering for cyber-resilience is a key objective for the World Economic Forum in 2016.

The WISeID Mobile Security CyberResilience app includes the Kaspersky Mobile Security SDK, said to be a powerful solution for protecting mobile apps that adds advanced security features like antimalware engine, web and network protection, device and data protection as well as risk detection.

WISeID keeps passwords in an encrypted vault, generates hard-tocrack new passwords as required, and safely synchronizes data between computers and devices on multiple platforms, using secure cloud storage.

The vault can be unlocked only with the user’s master password or defined pattern, with additional face-recognition authentication protection.

The new WISeID Mobile Security CyberResilience Edition integrates the best technologies from both partners, WISeKey and Kaspersky Lab, to create a unique identity for the device user and provides a secure personal data vault for account usernames,

passwords, credit-card numbers and access PINs – information highly sought after by cybercriminals as well as real-world attackers intent on device theft for data extraction.

“The landscape of cyberthreats is becoming increasingly complex, and we’re investing a lot of effort into staying a step ahead of advanced cybercriminals. A growing number of business transactions are carried out with mobile devices, and a huge amount of sensitive data is stored in them; all this makes them high-profile targets for criminals. That’s why fighting against mobile threats is such an important activity for my company,” said Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab.