DHS touts tech it funded to block mobile phishing

A Department of Homeland Security-funded product designed to better protect mobile-phone users from phishing is becoming available to government and private-sector clients, the department said Thursday. DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate, which partially funded the tools made by mobile security company Lookout, hailed the product’s ability to block phishing attempts and detect malware lurking in mobile applications.  The beefed-up product, Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security, is now available for Android and iOS operating systems, the department said.

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