Google has been using a service codenamed Bouncer to scan of applications submitted to the Android Market in an effort to improve security, the company revealed last week. Bouncer scans the market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience or requiring developers to submit to an application approval…
Hacker News vs. Google+
Robert Scoble Hacker News vs. Google+ It’s too late for Dave Winer and John Battelle to save the common web HTML 5 pushback in San Francisco? Best mobile app designers say yes I might as well have titled this “Hacker News vs Marketers.” Or “Hacker News vs Bloggers.” Or “jerks…
‘Road House’ Meets App Store With Google Malware Scanner
The days of Android Market anarchy may be coming to an end. On Thursday, Google announced a new functionality in the application market for its mobile operating system that automatically scans new apps for known malware. The program, which the company is calling ”Bouncer,” also continues to run periodic simulations…
Google Fights Android Market Malware
In an effort to improve security in its Android Market, Google has been using a service providing automated scanning of applications submitted to the mobile application store, Google revealed on Thursday afternoon. Code-named Bouncer, the service scans the market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience or requiring…
DMARC: Microsoft, Facebook and Google unite to fight phishing – but will it work?
If the newswires are to be believed, the death of spam is imminent. Again! The saviour this time round is DMARC, which is backed by Microsoft, Google, Facebook, PayPal, LinkedIn, Bank Of America and more. Find out what it’s all about. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View…
Google ‘Bouncer’ Now Scanning Android Market for Malware
Google on Thursday added a new layer of security to the Android Market, dubbed Bouncer, that will scan apps for evidence of malware. The effort will automatically scan new and existing apps as well as developer accounts, “without disrupting the user experience of Android Market or requiring developers to go…
Google ‘Bouncer’ tasked with taking on Android malware
Roughly 47 percent of smartphone owners in the US use an Android phone, according to the most recent figures from tracking firm comScore. A big number, obviously, and with it have come very big vulnerabilities, including a flood of Android malware. As we noted late last year, Android phones are…
Google now scanning Android apps for malware
Google has added an automated scanning process that is designed to keep malicious apps out of the Android Market, the company announced today. The new service, code-named “Bouncer,” scans apps for known malware, spyware, and Trojans, and looks for suspicious behaviors and compares them against previously analyzed apps, Hiroshi Lockheimer,…
Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)
Reuters – Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware’s growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Google Beefs Up Android Market Security
Beginning with Thursday’s launch of security tools, the Android Market is going to become much safer for users. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com Android’s spirit of openness is one of the platform’s biggest selling points. It’s a come-one, come-all approach to app developers who want to get their wares out to the…