Developers making rogue apps for Google‘s Android platform, look out – the Bouncer is here. Bouncer, Google’s new security service for its Android platform, scans the Android Market and even developers’ accounts for potentially harmful apps and kicks them out, just like its real-life namesake. “Today we’re revealing a service…
Google Bouncer Security Tool Fights Android Malware
Google has shed new light on Bouncer, a security system it credits with slowing the spread of malware on its Android platform. The company said the Bouncer tool automatically scans applications on the Android Market, constantly checking and removing any that could potentially harm users or compromise private data. Google…
Google reveals Android malware ‘Bouncer,’ scans all apps
Google yesterday unveiled an automated system that scans Android apps for potential malware or unauthorized behavior, a move critics have long called the company to make. The scanning service, appropriately codenamed “Bouncer,” has been in action “a number of months,” said Hiroshi Lockheimer, the vice president of engineering for Android,…
Google Android Market finally checked for malware by Bouncer scanner
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…
Google’s New ‘Bouncer’ Targets Android Market Malware
Hard on the heels of the controversy that arose recently around Symantec and its claims that numerous apps on the Android Market were actually malware in disguise, Google on Thursday unveiled a new tool to help it identify malicious apps. Symantec subsequently recanted its assertions, of course, but in the…
Google’s Bouncer For Android Shows Malware Apps the Door
Bouncer scanning software, developed by Google, is designed to search the Android market for software that could be malicious, the company announced Thursday on its blog. With the success of Android this year, the company says it wants to protect its many users and their devices from harm. [More from…
Google’s Bouncer For Android Shows Malware Apps the Door
Bouncer scanning software, developed by Google, is designed to search the Android market for software that could be malicious, the company announced Thursday on its blog. With the success of Android this year, the company says it wants to protect its many users and their devices from harm. [More from…
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 Gets a Bouncer to Patrol Malware in the Android Market
Google is taking new steps to identify and eliminate malware in the Android Market. Codenamed “Bouncer,” Google will now scan every new and existing app in the Market against known malware, permissions and publisher information. This is the first time that Google has been so proactive in attacking the Android…
