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mobile devices

105 articles

How to protect your credit card from kids' in-game spending
  • Safe Kids

How to protect your credit card from small kids

How young children can spend money on games, apps, and even YouTube, and what you can do to protect your wallet.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • August 4, 2021

If your phone falls into the hands of criminals, do not panic. Here is how to protect your data
  • tips

What to do if your phone gets stolen

If your phone falls into the hands of criminals, do not panic. Here is how to protect your data.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • June 2, 2021

No one is immune to smartphone theft, but you can make sure no thief will get even a byte of your important data.
  • tips

Theft-proof your smartphone and data

No one is immune to smartphone theft, but you can make sure no thief will get even a byte of your important data.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • May 28, 2021

A step-by-step guide to freedom from annoying iPhone and iPad notifications: turning them off, using Do Not Disturb mode, or customizing notifications
  • tips

How to turn off notifications in iOS and iPadOS

How to stop your iPhone or iPad from distracting you with endless notifications.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • May 17, 2021

Step-by-step instructions for removing unnecessary notifications on Android tablets or smartphones
  • tips

How to manage notifications in Android

How to reduce information overload without missing anything important on your Android devices.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • May 8, 2021

Smishing is phishing using text messages (SMS). What makes smishing more dangerous than typical e-mail phishing, and how you can protect yourself.
  • phishing

Smishing vs phishing — and how to stay safe

Scammers have gotten good at using SMS messages to get bank card information and online banking passwords.

  • Alexey Ferapontov

  • April 23, 2021

Using legal spyware can lead to violence. We explain how the stalkerware market changed in 2020 and how to guard against such apps
  • stalkerware

Stalkerware in 2020 is still a burning issue

Stalkerware activity dropped off during the pandemic, but it’s picking up again. How to deal with the threat.

  • Julia Glazova

  • March 19, 2021

Detailed instructions on how to create a Google account for a child under 13 on a new or used Android smartphone
  • kids

How to create a Google child account

Is your child not yet 13 years old? We explain how to create a Google child account for him or her.

  • Hugh Aver

  • October 5, 2020

Some Android games ask for a bunch of unnecessary permissions. Here are five you shouldn’t give them.
  • gamers

Five permissions Android games do not need

You can refuse some permissions to greedy games, and they most definitely do not need these five.

  • Hugh Aver

  • August 4, 2020

New Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection: Kill Switch and more
  • VPN

Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection update

Our new VPN has a failsafe — if it can’t protect, you can’t connect.

  • Sarah Pike

  • July 20, 2020

  • mobile devices

What are App Clips and Instant Apps?

At WWDC 2020, Apple rolled out App Clips for iOS. We explain what that — as well as Android Instant Apps — is.

  • Hugh Aver

  • June 26, 2020

How I taught my parents to use technology such as smartphones, and imparted some cybersecurity basics as well
  • tips

Raising digital parents

Your parents brought you into the digital world. Time to return the favor and raise them right as well.

  • Sanjeev Nair

  • May 22, 2020

Ten smart mobile games and educational apps for your child to enjoy and benefit from
  • kids

10 mobile games for child development during social distancing

Ten smart mobile games and educational apps for your child to enjoy and benefit from.

  • Denis Zenkin

  • April 7, 2020

Smartphones are always covered in bacteria, but viruses can also survive there, including COVID-19. We explain how to properly disinfect your smartphone.
  • coronavirus

How to keep your smartphone coronavirus-free

Smartphones are always covered in bacteria, but viruses can also survive there, including COVID-19. We explain how to properly disinfect your smartphone.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • March 25, 2020

The MonitorMinor spying app for Android can steal messages, use the built-in camera to take photos and videos, and remotely control the smartphone.
  • Android

The dangers of MonitorMinor stalkerware

MonitorMinor is one of the most dangerous spying apps for Android out there. Here’s why.

  • Pavel Shoshin

  • March 16, 2020

The Ginp banking Trojan urges victims to open their banking apps with SMS and push notifications, then overlays these apps and steals banking credentials
  • Android

Ginp mobile Trojan fakes incoming SMS messages

In the hunt for your bank card info, the malware overlays apps with phishing pages and uses fake notifications to get you to open the apps.

  • Alexander Eremin

  • February 14, 2020

Want to buy your kid a smartphone and undecided about the type? Some pros and cons of smartphones for kids and how to choose a device
  • Safe Kids

Should you buy a smartphone for your kid?

Considering buying a smartphone for your kid? Here are the pros and cons, and how to choose a device.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • February 11, 2020

  • Safe Kids

Need to separate child from phone? Kaspersky Safe Kids can help

Do your children spend all their time on their computer or smartphone? Kaspersky Safe Kids can help.

  • Kaspersky Team

  • January 28, 2020

  • children

Safer smartphones for schoolchildren

Setting up your child’s first smartphone right will help keep them safe — and save you money.

  • Serge Malenkovich

  • January 22, 2020

The ransomware app now uses infected devices to send SMS messages abroad on the victim’s dime.
  • Android

The Faketoken Trojan sends out offensive texts

The ransomware app now uses infected devices to send SMS messages abroad on the victim’s dime.

  • Alexander Eremin

  • January 13, 2020

  • mobile devices

Simjacker: SIM-based phone hacking

Hacked SIM cards allow spying. We explain how and why.

  • Ilja Shatilin

  • September 30, 2019

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