Your smartphone can be a treasure trove of private data, with everything from your bank account information to your email and social networking passwords stored inside. To keep that info from being nabbed by a malicious app or a sticky-fingered thief, Trend Micro’s Mobile Security App keeps your personal data…
Five things you need to know about Android phones
Android phones are in high demand by workers, but they lack key security features. Here are the top five things you can do to make sure Android phones in your organisation don’t create a security nightmare. 1. Use a service to secure data. Android’s open market and few security features…
5 things you need to know about Android phones
Android phones are in high demand by workers, but they lack key security features. Here are the top five things you can do to make sure Android phones in your organisation don’t create a security nightmare. 1. Use a service to secure data. Android’s open market and few security features…
Fortinet Threat Landscape Research Reveals Development of Highly-Evolved Android Malware
SymbolPriceChangeFTNT22.29-0.77{“s” : “ftnt”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire -11/01/11)- Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT – News) — a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions — today released its October research findings. This month, FortiGuard Labs observed ongoing development of the new…
DroidKungFu Android Trojan variant poses as legitimate app
A new variant of the DroidKungFu Android Trojan is posing as a legitimate application update in order to infect handsets, according to security researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure. Distributing Android malware as updates is a relatively new tactic that was first seen in July. The primary method of infecting…
Sneaky App Masquerades as Netflix in Latest Android Malware Scare
A fake Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) app for Android that steals users’ data has popped up in the Android Market, according to Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC). The security vendor has named it “Android.Fakeneflic.” The app consists of a splash screen followed by a log-in screen, which captures the victim’s information and posts…
Scammers Seeking New Ways to Grow Android Mobile Malware Profits: Symantec
Despite the recent increase in mobile malware, the good news is that cyber-criminals are not yet seeing a lot of financial returns from compromised phones, Symantec researchers found. The goal for criminals is to make money, but at the moment, they are eking out low revenue for their efforts, Symantec…
Android malware and digital currency theft are top security threats
INTERNET AND MOBILE SECURITY FIRM AVG Technologies has revealed an increase in Android malware, including an eavesdropping trojan, along with a jump in the theft of digital currencies. The AVG Community Powered Threat Report for the third quarter relates that Android’s close to 50 per cent market share has caught…
New Android malware uses blog platform to communicate with cybercriminals
Trend Micro Inc. has uncovered a new Android malware variant that uses a blog site with encrypted content as its command-and-control server and disguises itself as an e-book reader app. <img alt="New Android malware uses blog platform to communicate with cybercriminals, Blog, malware, Android, Blog, uses, Cybercriminals, Platform, communicate"height="0" width="0"…
Android malware uses blog posts as command post
Now, even seemingly innocent blog sites are being used for malware attacks targeting devices running Google’s Android operating system, a computer security firm warned. Trend Micro said one such new malware it recently detected uses a blog site with encrypted content as a command-and-control post. “From our analysis, we found…