
Review logs of recent activities, such as their status and the results of any commands sent to the phone, or the installation of a new SIM card Remotely locate their lost or stolen smartphone using GPS, GSM or Wi-Fi, and Google Maps Remotely wipe sensitive information from their missing smartphone Remotely lock their missing smartphone to secure personal information Users can access all of Kaspersky Lab’s mobile security features through the solution’s new web-based control center, which enables them to do the following: ( TrustGo recently added a similar feature to capture the image of an unauthorized user.) The company also added a new feature called Mugshut, which enables owners to remotely activate the front-facing camera on their missing smartphone to help identify the unauthorized user or the phone’s surroundings.

The solution also provides users with the ability to protect banking information, contacts, photos or other personal information saved on the device. To address this growing concern, security and threat management solutions vendor Kaspersky Lab has added new features to its Kaspersky Mobile Security solution to protect its users against lost or stolen Android smartphones.Īndroid smartphones can now be protected through Kaspersky Lab’s web-based control center, which can be managed from any computer. Nearly 20 percent of smartphone owners will at some point lose their devices, according to data collected by O+K-a research firm.
