The rise of Tumblr and Google Play spam campaigns
In May, GFI threat researchers observed a number of attacks focused on Tumblr users including two spam campaigns centred around a fake “Tumblr Dating Game” which …
Researchers bypass Google’s Android Bouncer
First introduced to the public in February this year, Google’s Bouncer was welcomed as a great addition that aimed to make Google Play more secure for Android users. …
iOS and Android security solutions from F-Secure
F-Secure Mobile Security, which provides protection for Android phones and tablets, can now be purchased on Google Play. F-Secure Child Safe, which is a browser for parental …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 34 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 34 has been released today. Table of contents: …
New Android Trojan likely developed by arrested cyber crooks
The alleged authors of Foncy, a premium rate SMS Trojan that targeted users from a number of European Countries and Canada, have been arrested and indicted in February in …
RuFraud scammers caught and fined
Cyber scammers are still too rarely brought to justice and/or made to pay back the stolen money to the users they have swindled, so any news of that happening is extremely …
SMS spying app offered on Google Play
Phone spying apps are usually offered on hacking forums and third party app markets, but given their malicious potential, it’s unusual to see them being offered for sale …
Bogus Facebook apps could lead to Android malware
Bitdefender researchers have recently spotted something that could be the beginning of paid promotions through Facebook, and believe that the approach can very easily be used …
Malicious fake Android AV apps pushed onto users
It seems that every week a new way of targeting Android users with malware is discovered, and most often than not, Russian users are primary targets. Sophos’ researcher …
Secure data on Android devices with SecureZIP
PKWARE announced SecureZIP Reader for Android, an application that secures enterprise and government data. The SecureZIP Solution secures corporate information that end-users …
Android security: Protection of Java and native apps
Arxan Technologies enhanced its Mobile Application Protection Suite to include multi-layered, end-to-end protection for Android applications. Given the open source nature of …
Android remote systems administration tools
Cura is a mobile phone application bundle of remote systems administration tools. It provides a personalized terminal emulator, a syslog module that allows for reading logs …