State-sponsored hackers may or may not compromise hardware in the U.S. technology supply chain, but one cybersecurity firm says compromised software is definitely a national security risk, especially on mobile phones.
Smartphone applications often share code, and most apps aren’t vetted before they go to market, so it can be very easy for hackers to use apps to steal a user’s personal, private, or even top secret information, according to Tim LeMaster, director of systems engineering at Lookout, a defence contractor specialising in mobile security.
Defenx PLC (LON:DFX), founded in 2009 and listed on the London Stock Exchange, is an up-and-coming company in the mobile security sector which offers a wide range of solutions for the protection of smartphones, desktop PCs and laptops.