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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 02, 2012
Today Google unveiled a new tool to fight malware in the Android Market, appropriately named Bouncer. Hiroshi Lockheimer, VP of Engineering for Android made the announcement on the Google Mobi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 30, 2012
Symantec has "adjusted" its statement to Computer World that as many as 5 million Android users may be affected by the latest bit of malware, coming to the conclusion that the applica...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 28, 2012
The folks at Symantec have tipped everyone off about a new piece of Android Malware, calling Android.Counterclank "a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions, as w...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2012
Lookout has released a neat new application this morning -- Mobile Threat Tracker. What it does is tell you where and when users running Lookout have came across malware in their mobile device...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
The folks over at Lookout have warned us about a new malware threat, this time targeted at users outside of North America. The RuFraud malware will sign up users in Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 24, 2011
Recently, I was given the (what I thought would be) amazing task of doing an Android adult app roundup. I prepared myself with a pre-paid debit card, a clear mind, a 12-pack of Milwaukee's...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 12, 2011
AT&T has announced that they are working on a new solution for mobile security issues, partnering with Juniper Networks and offering a new security application. Available later this year, th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 03, 2011
Based on information collected from more than 700,000 applications installed on more than 10 million devices, the folks at Lookout have released their first Mobile Threat Report. This data shows...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2011
ZOMG THERE'S MALWARE THAT CAN RECORD MY PHONE CALLS AND LOOSEN MY TEETH WHILE I SLEEP AT NIGHT!Here we go again, folks. Look -- malware, by definition, is bad and absolutely should be taken serio...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 20, 2011
Have a good, close look at the image above. That's how the latest piece of malware will be trying to trick you into installing it -- by trying to get you to believe you're at the Android Market....
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2011
Lookout has announced a new feature to their premium service, called Safe Browsing. What it does is spread protection from malware beyond installed applications, and into your browser. If ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 11, 2011
Three things (or maybe 4 things) Thing 1: Malware, trojans and viruses, oh, my! Google tells of steps taken in wake of spate of malicious appsFake Android security fix is really another trojan Thing 2...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 10, 2011
By now most everyone knows that Google has addressed the Droid Dream malware mess in the Android Market, used the kill switch and issued a fix, and is in process of rolling out said fix to all affecte...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 16, 2011
The folks over at Lookout have released information about another Android trojan application -- named HongTouTou. As we saw with the Geinimi trojan, this one has only been spotted in re-packaged...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 04, 2011
NetQin, China's market leader in mobile security, has brought their anti-virus application to Android. NetQin anti-virus offers real-time monitoring, instant scanning, contacts backup and restor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 07, 2011
A week or so ago we warned everyone about the Geinimi trojan that's been spotted in the wilds of the Orient. The threat level itself hasn't increased (as far as we know) if you aren't poking aro...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 29, 2010
Mobile security firm Lookout today sounded the alarm on a new Trojan that apparently is affecting Android devices in China. It's called "Geinimi" and is piggybacking known legitimate apps, i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2010
Lookout, one of the premiere smartphone security suites, has released Lookout Premium -- offering Privacy Advisor, remote lock, and remote wipe on top of their award winning free services. Curre...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 18, 2010
Symantec has found more malware in the Android Market1, even going so far as to give the app it's own 'viral' name AndroidOS.Tapsnake. Symantec states that Tapsnake sends your GPS data, and user...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 10, 2010
Welcome to the big time, Android users -- the first Android-specific trojan has been announced by Kaspersky Lab. Don't sound the alarms and clang the bells just yet, as even with 200,000 activat...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
The hot app of the year appears to be one that will lock and/or wipe your phone. And as such, Norton -- the longtime virus-cleaner (among other things) -- has the Norton Security app in beta in the A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 10, 2010
Stories have been going around that a botnet was being spread by the HTC Magic on Vodafone. Specifically, it was Panda Security that sounded the alarm after they plugged in said Android pho...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 02, 2009
In the good 'ol U.S. of A., our legal system provides that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty, otherwise known as presumption of innocence. But just as fast as you can type "maliciously malig...
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by Casey Chan
Nov 07, 2008
Worried about security on Android? Afraid that malware might leak into your G1? Think you need some antivirus software? SMobile Systems has announced that they're releasing SMobile VirusGuard for A...
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by Casey Chan
Oct 16, 2008
Apple was pretty much tarred and feathered when the news of a kill switch for iPhone apps came to light. Well, though Android stands for something completely different than Apple and the iPhone, it to...
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by Casey Chan
Sep 18, 2008
Google has released details on Android Market, the Android application that allows easy access to other applications, in short--it's Android's version of the App Store. The version that will ship i...
