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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 20, 2013
Apps contained a "fake" ad network, directed users to install malware disguised as free applications
Yesterday, the folks over at Lookout divulged their latest find. 32 applications, m...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 21, 2013
Whoopsies. It appears that the popular "Avast! Mobile Security" -- it's got somewhere between 10 million and 50 million downloads from Google Play -- is marking Android's Gmail as ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 13, 2013
Recently we've seen AVG, an Android "security" app marking other applications as malware when they aren't. That's called a false positive, and it's a fairly common occ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 07, 2013
Who's ready for the next round of the "Android is riddled with malware" game? Apparently the Washington Post is. John Gruber of Daring Fireball linked everyone to their story today tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 18, 2012
A little common sense is all that's needed to avoid the latest piece of scareware making the rounds
Here's how to avoid the latest "ZOMG SCARY ANDROID BOTNET SCARY SCAM!!!" of ...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 17, 2012
There was potentially worrying news for Samsung phone owners this weekend, as a serious kernel security vulnerability was identified in Android devices running Exynos 4210 and 4412 chips. The l...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 16, 2012
A new kernel exploit has been found (credit to alephzain at XDA) that affects some Samsung Exynos chipsets -- which happen to power many of Samsung's more popular phones. Normally kern...
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by Android Central
Dec 11, 2012
Thought we'd ask folks about their experience with malware on Android devices, since you say it's such a thing. Do we win a phone or something now?
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2012
Researchers at NC State University have discovered a new bug in current versions of Android that would allow malware to spoof the sender of an SMS message. The exploit works on Gingerbread, Ice Crea...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 15, 2012
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center has recently issued a warning about Android malware, citing two new malicious applications and how they can cause all sorts of havoc to the unsuspect...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 03, 2012
Notification History is a dirt-simple, but extremely useful app for scouring out other apps that are spamming notifications. The simple history list shows which apps have made notifications, how man...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 30, 2012
The next time you're cruising one of the various Android app piracy forums looking for the free crack for ROM Manager or Root Explorer, be warned that you may get more than you're looking fo...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 25, 2012
A lot of excited Temple Run fans may have thought the day had finally arrived this morning. Despite having previously confirmed that an announcement would be made via their Facebook page, probably t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 24, 2012
Youtube link for mobile viewing
The Sophos security website has reported a new bit of Android malware, and this time it's being spread on Facebook. If you watch the video above, you'll see ...
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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...
