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Apperyio launches Security API for its 200,000 app developers

April 22, 2015

Apperyio launches Security API for its 200,000 app developers

Appery.io, a leading app making platform with over 200,000 developers, has just launched a unique type of Security for apps that are built on its platform. In a partnership with Security startup MetaCert, the Security API is offered as a plug-in, making it easy for developers to protect end-users from phishing attacks. In 20...

IBM Study finds mobile app developers need to invest in security

April 17, 2015

IBM Study finds mobile app developers need to invest in security

IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute conducted research recently, unveiling an alarming state of mobile insecurity. The findings show nearly 40% of large companies, including many in the Fortune 500, aren't taking the right precautions to secure the mobile apps they build for customers. The study also found organizations are ...

Scams and social media

April 15, 2015

Scams and social media

With billions of smartphones and potentially many billions of Internet-connected devices of all kinds, the focus of Internet security is shifting from the desktop and the data center to the home, the pocket, the purse, and, ultimately, the infrastructure of the Internet itself. According to the Symantec Internet Security Thr...

What’s missing from the 2015 McAfee Labs Threats report

April 10, 2015

What’s missing from the 2015 McAfee Labs Threats report

Millions of App Users Still Exposed to SSL Vulnerabilities Here are some of the key highlights from the report: Poor programming practices expose users to SSL/TLS vulnerabilities. Months after app vendors were notified that their apps exposed users to SSL/TLS vulnerabilities, many of those apps still remain unsecure. ...

Global EV SSL Certification Market 2015-2019 and the massive opportunity missed by security companies

April 9, 2015

Global EV SSL Certification Market 2015-2019 and the massive opportunity missed by security companies

I found this report from Research and Markets, announcing the addition of the "Global EV SSL Certification Market 2015-2019". But what it doesn't include, is the massive opportunity missed by the companies that sell EV SSL certificates. The Global EV SSL Certification market to grow at a CAGR of 32.52% over the period 2014-2...

Russians hacked the White House thanks to a simple phishing attack

April 8, 2015

Man sitting at a computer with the word encrypted on a computer screen in front of him

Russians hacked the White House thanks to a simple phishing attack

I read about a phishing attack on the White House on PandoyDaily today. According to Pando (image above was taken from their blog post: State Department hackers conducted a phishing attack that allowed them to access a White House network that had “real-time non-public information about the president’s schedule,” among ot...

Leaking apps, not malware, pose greatest mobile threat to enterprises, says NowSecure CEO

March 20, 2015

Leaking apps, not malware, pose greatest mobile threat to enterprises, says NowSecure CEO

According to Andrew Hoog, CEO of NowSecure: Leaky mobile apps, not mobile malware, pose the greatest mobile threat to the enterprise, according to , a maker of mobile app security testing products. The mobile industry is mostly focused on malware. We think that is a legacy from computers….What we see driving risk in the mob...

AppMakr the World’s fastest growing app platform offers MetaCert Security API

March 11, 2015

AppMakr the World’s fastest growing app platform offers MetaCert Security API

AppMakr is the world’s first App Platform to offer developers in-app security. In partnership with MetaCert consumers will be protected from mobile malware & phishing attacks March 11th, 2015, San Francisco, California -- AppMakr today launched a new kind of in-app security service for mobile app publishers. The int...

Our Story

March 5, 2015

Our Story

At MetaCert, we are driven by the desire to help protect the world from mobile malware and unwanted content. When doing business, we do our best to consider the impact we have on people’s lives and the impact we have on our environment. We’re also friendly and easy to work with. On a more technical level, we are the first c...