NetQin ups the anti-phishing capability of it Mobile Security app

Rating: Strikes a deal to add Commtouch’s GlobalView URL filtering

NetQin Mobile has struck a deal with Commtouch to integrate Commtouch‘s GlobalView URL filtering  into NetQin’s Mobile Security app. The pair forgot to mention it, but this app will run on Symbian, BlackBerry and Android with support for Windows Mobile currently but not Windows Phone (W7 Mango) quite yet. The move is a reaction to the growing awareness that phishing (stealing personal data) is a growing problem for mobile phone users. Through URL filtering, the pair hope to prevent threats before they can even get near the user’s smartphone.Commtouch’s claims its GlobalView URL Filtering is a cloud-based URL filtering solution that provides insight into security threats, identifying harmful sites before users are even exposed to them.

The technology continuously monitors and analyses web traffic to categorise URLs in realtime.

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GlobalView URL Filtering will become part of NetQin’s Mobile Security software which protects smartphones against malware, spyware, viruses, and hackers – all whilst keeping mobile devices running at optimal speed.

“People need the same strong, reliable security and filtering options they have on their home computers on their mobile devices,” claimed Dr Henry Yu Lin, NetQin’s CEO.

“Every day, people use their smartphones for email, banking, playing games, and browsing the Internet.

In many ways they expose people to the same types of undesirable content and security risks they’re exposed to on their PCs,” Yu Lin added.

The URL filtering solution works continuously working to detect and block malicious websites and suspicious URLs in both emails and text messages.

This provides one of the most effective means of protection against phishing attacks and other types of cybercrimes.

GoMo News highlighted the dangers from phishing in our previous story ‘Cyber criminals move from email to SMS‘.