With Google Android OS currently commanding 52.3% of the worldwide smartphone market, millions of smartphone users own devices running a variation of the popular OS, yet it appears some could be at higher risk for malware than others, as a new report discovered that phones employing an older version…
Bitdefender officially releases Mobile Security app for Android (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – After five months of beta testing, Bitdefenderâs Mobile Security app for Android devices is officially ready for download. And it couldnât come at a better time; according to a number of recent reports, malware makers have been flooding the Android Market left and right, making it increasingly…
Android Trojan charges users for spam text messages
A new Android Trojan program that poses as an SMS management application is sending text messages to predefined premium rate numbers in Europe and Canada, according to security researchers from Kaspersky Lab. Credit-stealing Trojans that send SMS messages or make calls to premium rate numbers were first designed for Nokia’s…
NEW ANDROID APP, AM I HACKER PROOF, GIVES YOU PEACE OF MIND FROM HACKERS
Hi-Tech Crime Solutions Launches New Investor’s Blog Atlanta, GA, November 28, 2011- Do you know if your computer is vulnerable to hackers? If you can’t answer that question, AmIHackerProof.com, a service and now Android App of Hi-Tech Crime Solutions (OTC: SPFM.PK) is right for you. Every six seconds a personal…
SSCC 77 – Thanksgiving patching, SCADA, Google WiFi mapping and Android security
Paul Ducklin joins Chet to talk about this week’s news including giving your friends and family a hand at Thanksgiving, Android security, SCADA hacking and Google’s WiFi mapping opt-out scheme. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Android devices are ‘clearly today’s target’ for malware, study says
The Android mobile operating system is the most popular platform for new malware, according to a report. The McAfee Threats Report for the third quarter said there’s been a continued emphasis on mobile malware and that “Android is clearly today’s target.” Malware authors have gotten more clever, with Android malware…
Nearly All Mobile Malware Targets Android OS
The amount of malware aimed at Android devices increased by 37 percent from the second quarter to the third quarter of this year. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Mobile Malware Targets Android
Malware targeted smartphones running on Android operating system are still on the rise as nearly all new mobile malware in the third quarter was aimed at the Google platform, cyber security firm McAfee said in its latest report issued on Monday. According to McAfee’s third quarter security report, the number…
New Android malware surges by 37 percent
Malware designed to target devices running Google’s Android operating system have surged by 37 percent, says McAfee. According to the security firm’s Threat Report for Q3 of 2011, 60 percent of new samples of malware found last quarter were aimed at Android devices but this quarter saw this rise to…
Malware tries to make inroads in Android
Last week, Ohio-based Juniper Networks of Sunnyvale, Calif., reported that malicious software targeting Google’s Android platform had increased by a whopping 427 percent since July. Given that Android is the dominant mobile operating system and that the primary source of software for it – Google’s Android Market – doesn’t vet…