Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 launches next week and, in advance of its release, Samsung is starting to provide some of the more granular details on what the new smartphone offers. It recently published information on a new version of Knox, Samsung’s mobile security platform. Samsung said Knox 2.7, which ships with the Galaxy Note 7, features a new “Call Flow Protection” function that “...
Samsung's in-house security software KNOX hit at least one major snag when it launched last year, but today the company is rolling out an update that it says should keep your Galaxy S5 secure. KNOX 2.0 promises to protect the data on your device while also offering an improved user experience with a full suite of new services. The main purpose of KNOX has always been to push Samsung's...
Last month a team of Israeli researchers uncovered a potentially dangerous hole in Samsung's new KNOX software, and several weeks later the South Korean company has responded with an official statement defending its new security feature. Working with Google, Samsung identified the issue, pointing to a moment of weakness while the information is being transferred from Android to Samsung'...
Samsung KNOX, the company's bid for the enterprise market with a promise of total smartphone security, may not be as safe as the South Korean tech titan claims. A team of Israeli researchers are pointing to a single hack that could compromise the software, The Wall Street Journal reports. The cyber-security team, working out of a university in southern Israel, claims the hack could...
Samsung already has a firm grip on the consumer smartphone market, but the enterprise sector is a completely different ballgame. So in an effort to put businesses at ease and gain a larger corporate following, the Korean company this year officially unveiled a new mobile security system called Knox. With so many Samsung devices available, the company certainly has the potential to make...
Samsung Mobile president and CEO JK Shin took the stage in Berlin on Wednesday to introduce the Note 3. During his announcement he revealed that KNOX, the company's security suite that's built into smartphones is now commercially available. KNOX itself isn't new – it allows IT departments more granular control over Samsung's smartphones, and allows users to take advantage of both work...
The Department of Defense recently gave a green light for Samsung's Knox-enabled smartphones and BlackBerry 10 devices for employee use. "This is a significant step towards establishing a multi-vendor environment that supports a variety of state-of-the-art devices and operating systems," Pentagon spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart told Reuters. The move also negates rumors...