October 30th, 2012

Lookout Brings Lost Phone Tracking Feature, Signal Flare, To iOS

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is bringing its tracking feature for lost phones, Signal Flare, to iOS. → Read More

October 9th, 2012

Lookout’s Signal Flare Helps You Find Lost Android Phones That Have Dying Batteries

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is upgrading its mobile security app for Android phones today. The new version includes a sleeker management console, as well as a nifty feature in case your phone is lost and is losing battery life. → Read More

April 23rd, 2012

20M Users Strong, Lookout Partners With Deutsche Telekom To Bring Mobile Security Apps To Europe

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is continuing its international expansion to Europe with a strategic partnership with European telecommunications giant. Deutsche Telekom. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.

For background, Lookout’s web-based, cloud-connected applications for Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and iOS→ Read More

March 22nd, 2012

Lookout: Lost And Stolen Smartphones Will Cost Consumers Over $30B In 2012

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From personal experience, losing your phone (especially a smartphone) can be both frustrating and expensive. Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, has conducted a phone loss study, which revealed that lost phones, if unrecovered, could cost U.S. consumers more than $30 billion this year. As part of the study, Lookout is debuting Mobile Lost &amp→ Read More

February 23rd, 2012

Lookout Debuts Ad Network Detector For Mobile Apps on Android

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Ever wonder what ad networks your mobile apps are running? Today, Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is releasing a new, free Android app that aims to provide transparency into ad networks to help you understand what’s happening on your phone – from knowing what networks are on your device to understanding their capabilities.

As Lookout… → Read More

January 24th, 2012

Lookout’s New App Visualizes Mobile Security Threats As They Are Detected Around The World

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is debuting a new Android app that lets you see mobile threats as they are detected around the world. Launched from Lookout Labs, the new app basically visualizes what’s happening in the mobile landscape and also shares details on top weekly threats & distribution of malware vs. spyware.

For background… → Read More

December 13th, 2011

Lookout’s 2012 Mobile Security Threat Predictions: SMS Fraud, Botnets And Malvertising

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is releasing its 2012 Mobile Malware Predictions, based on data collected from its Mobile Threat Network, a cloud-based network which constantly analyzes global threat data to identify and quickly block new threats with over-the-air app updates. The network includes more than one million apps and 15 million user… → Read More

November 9th, 2011

Lookout Brings Smartphone Security And Tracking App To Australia, Canada And The UK

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphone platforms, is expanding internationally with native apps in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

For background, Lookout’s web-based, cloud-connected applications for Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and most recently iOS devices help users from losing their phones and identifies and block threats on a… → Read More

September 21st, 2011

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $40M Round In Smartphone Security Company Lookout

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphones, has raised $40 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Current investors Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners and Index Ventures also participated in the round. Andreessen Horowitz’s Jeff Jordan from will join the company’s Board of Directors. This brings Lookout’s total funding to $75 million.

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August 2nd, 2011

Lookout Report: Android Malware Has Increased Significantly Over Past 6 Months

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphones, is releasing the results of its Mobile Threat Report. The report is based on threat and security data from Lookout’s Mobile Threat Network, which includes data collected from more than 700 thousand apps and 10 million devices worldwide. You can access the full report here.

Lookout’s main finding is that mobile… → Read More

July 20th, 2011

Lookout Opens Up API, Partners With Verizon To Analyze Mobile Security Threats On V Cast App Store

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Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphones, is unveiling a new mobile API today, which automates mobile threat detection and analysis.

For background, For background, Lookout’s web-based, cloud-connected applications for Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones help users from losing their phones and identifies and block threats on a consumer’s phone… → Read More

June 15th, 2011

Lookout Expands Mobile Security App To Browsing; Lands Marketing Deal With Sprint

Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphones, is launching a new feature today that will protect users from online threats while browsing on a mobile phone.

For background, Lookout’s web-based, cloud-connected applications for Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones help users from losing their phones and identifies and block threats on a consumer’s… → Read More

February 16th, 2011

Lookout: Android Market Growing Faster, But App Store Attracting More Developers

Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphones, is releasing a new study today examining the Android Market and Apple’s App Store for U.S. users. It’s worth a look—the report has a number of interesting data points relating to growth, developers, mobile ad networks and more.

According to Lookout, the number of apps available for Android increased approximately 127%… → Read More

December 29th, 2010

Lookout Identifies Advanced Android Trojan (But You're Probably Safe)

The future of computing is mobile, and, unfortunately, the future of malware will probably lie there too. Well-funded mobile security startup Lookout has just posted a blog entry detailing what it calls “the most sophisticated Android malware to date”: a Trojan that’s being “grafted” onto legitimate applications. Fortunately, the odds of you being affected are quite low.

The Trojan in question… → Read More

December 22nd, 2010

Four Million Users Strong, Lookout Raises $19.5M For Smartphone Security Software

Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphones, has just raised $19.5 million in Series C funding led by Index Ventures with existing investor Accel Partners and Khosla Ventures participating in the round. This brings Lookout’s total funding to $36 million.

Lookout’s web-based, cloud-connected applications for Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones help… → Read More

November 2nd, 2010

Lookout Goes Pro With Paid Version Of Smartphone Security Software

Lookout, a company that offers security services for a number of smartphones, is launching a premium service today. Lookout’s web-based, cloud-connected applications for Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry phones helps users from losing their phones and identifies and block threats on a consumer’s phone. Users simply download the software to a device, and it will act as a tracking… → Read More

September 9th, 2010

Smartphone Security Startup Lookout Crosses Two Million Users

Lookout, a company that offers security data backup services for smartphones, is growing rapidly. Less than two months after the startup surpassed one million users, the company has crossed the 2 million registered users mark. It took just over six months to reach 1 million users.

Lookout, which recently raised $11 million from Accel, Khosla and others, says the growth in smartphone adoption… → Read More

July 27th, 2010

Lookout Identifies Which iPhone And Android Apps Want Your Sensitive Data

Lookout, a company that offers security data backup services for smartphones, is announcing the results of its App Genome Project, a continued effort to map and study mobile applications to identify security threats in the wild, and determine how apps are using users’ personal data.

The App Genome Project has already scanned nearly 300,000 free applications, and fully mapped nearly 100,000… → Read More