Google has removed nearly two dozen malware-infected apps from its official Android Market in the last several days, a security company said Sunday. So far this year, Google has yanked more than 100 malicious Android apps from its download distribution channel. San Francisco-based Lookout Security said that it and other…
Android malware victims offered free WinPhones by MS
Microsoft is offering free Windows phones to Android malware victims, providing they are prepared to tell world+dog about their problems. The marketing stunt – already given the hashtag #droidrage on Twitter – follows a run of publicity about android malware. Ben Rudolph (@BenthePCGuy), the Microsoft Windows Phone “evangelist” behind the…
Tech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10
In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars shaped competition in tablets and smartphones, hacktivists attacked a widening array of political and corporate targets, repressive regimes unplugged citizens from the Internet, and the U.S. government…
Top tech stories of 2011: From Jobs to Android, Anonymous to Egypt
IDG News Service – In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. View full post on lulzsec hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
More Malware Found in Android Market
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Malware authors target Android Market
Malware authors continue to target Google’s Android market with malicious apps disguised as legitimate software. The latest incident? A developer known as “Logastrod” coded trojanized copies of popular games and uploaded them to the Market over the weekend. “The attacker created at least a dozen copies of the most popular…
Hacker Ports Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ to Kindle Fire Tablet
Leave it to the Android community to hack a new device. On Wednesday, an eager Android developer posted a video to YouTube, showing off the new — and still unreleased — version of Android, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, running on a Kindle Fire tablet. It’s an odd mashup, to say…
Android ‘spyware’ storm: Lawsuits loom, handset makers panic as ‘Carrier IQ’ claims software ‘does not’ spy on users
U.S. senator asks company to clarify ‘deeply troubling’ allegations Lawsuit for privacy violation filed in Illinois Nokia, BlackBerry, Apple distance themselves ‘Carrier IQ’ claims it does not ‘record’ information Still unclear if software is used by non-US networks Last updated at 2:46 PM on 7th December 2011 Enlarge The…
Android malware explodes
<!– Sign up for our Newsletters | –> Sign up for our Newsletters | Email the Editor | Print Malware targeting Google’s Android mobile operating system exploded in the last several months, its volume quintupling since July, Juniper Networks said today. The rash of infected apps aimed at Android…
iOS ‘safer from malware than Android’
A new report from security firm McAfee finds mobile threats are on the rise, and iOS users seem to be much safer than Android fans. I try to take all these security reports with a grain of salt, considering McAfee’s vested interested in scaring the bejesus out of us to…