Android malware masquerading as love test app
Online Chinese third party app stores are a treasure trove of Android malware which hides under many guises. Their goal is often the same: get permission from the user to send …
Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android
The open source nature of the platform has not only established a new direction for the industry, but enables a developer or forensic analyst to understand the device at the …
Bitdefender Mobile Security for Android now with live tracking anti-theft feature
Bitdefender added two major new features to its free Mobile Security for Android Beta. The new anti-theft function allows users to easily track where their device is and to …
Parental control software for smartphones
Code9 Mobile launched Code9 Mobile, a smartphone application that enables families to establish acceptable cell phone usage rules so kids learn to use their mobile devices in …
SMS spying Android Trojan triggered by keywords
Another week, another trojanized Android app. And, according to Trend Micro researchers, this one has a functionality that differentiates it from similar previous ones: it …
Drive-by attacks targeting smartphones are in our future
A new study that has analyzed the behavior of 10,000 applications downloaded from the Android Market, shows that many mobile applications leak personal information and that …
Call-recording Trojan is actually unethical app
The recently discovered Android Trojan that records actual phone conversations seems to represent a lesser danger than previously thought. For one thing, it isn’t hidden …
Mobile threats soared in past six months
Mobile malware has increased significantly, and Android users are two-and-a-half times as likely to encounter malware today than just six months ago, says Lookout. Based on …
Mobile banking security for Android
Webroot has announced it is extending mobile security applications to its partners in banking in order to protect their customers who use tablets and smartphones to conduct …
Conversation-spying Android Trojan in the wild
Android malware has so far been spotted doing things like sending text messages or making calls to premium service numbers, sending out information about the device and …
Android malware trends
Could it be that 2011 is the year when the long-standing predictions about the rise of mobile malware come true? Symantec’s Irfan Asrar thinks that there are definite …
Analyzing and dissecting Android applications for security defects and vulnerabilities
In March 2011, 58 malicious applications were found in the Android Market. Before Google could remove the applications from the Android Market they were downloaded to around …