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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 10th, 2018

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DHS S&T Transitions Phishing Detection Capability for Mobile DevicesThe Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate says new and enhanced phishing and content protection for mobile devices is being transitioned to the government and private sector. The directorate says it helped fund an enhancement to San Francisco-based Lookout Inc.’s Mobile Endpoint Security platform. “These new capabilities will alert device users, mobile enterprise administrators and security personnel to a wide range of mobile threats and allow them to remediate…

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