Telecom company Verizon Wireless has said that it will work with mobile security company Lookout to protect its phones from cyber criminals.
The company made the announcement at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado, reported the AFP.
It said the company would use Lookout’s technology, which filters applications in real-time for malware, to scan applications in Verizon mobile phones.
Verizon director of business development Todd Murphy said the move would ensure "that apps in this store are being checked for malware, viruses and other potential security threats on an ongoing basis."
Lookout co-founder and chief executive John Hering said, "We’ve seen an opportunity to take the technology that we’ve used for our own user base and actually extend that into other parts of the mobile ecosystem, the first being app stores and the first being with Verizon,".
"People realise there are threats on their computers but they are just starting to realize that their phones and tablets are actually computers," Hering said.
Lookout’s anti-malware technology is used by 10 million users in 170 countries, Hering said.
