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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2011
Researchers at N.C. State University have performed a study of eight Android phones (HTC's Legend, EVO 4G, and Wildfire S; Motorola's Droid and Droid X; Samsung's Epic 4G; and the Nexus ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2011
Angry Birds Seasons just got a new holiday update. But along with the new levels in "Wreck the Halls" came a few new permissions, including phone state and SMS permission, that furrowed a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
Well, that was quick. Carrier IQ just sent out a press statement saying it's withdrawn its cease-and desist letter to Trevor Eckhart, who recently detailed how the company's action worked. S...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
The push and pull between security (and privacy) advocates and a company that supplies several Android manufacturers with application metrics has reached a new level -- and lawyers are now involved....
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 15, 2011
Kindle Fire ships with your username and password
already entered, ready to make purchases
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Amazon Kindle Fire review for this timely editorial.
I'm re...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 12, 2011
It's fun to say Android is fragmented on the Internet. All the cool kids and blogs do it, they even make fancy misleading charts about it. While there's more than one side to the...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 01, 2011
If you'll remember a little while back, HTC confirmed some security issues in a few of their devices and advised that an OTA security update was in testing and would soon be rolled out once carr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2011
Several days ago we (and likely many others) were contacted about a potentially serious security issue with Dolphin Browser. Apparently, quite a bit of information about your browsing session,...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Oct 25, 2011
Owners of the EVO 3D can now download a security update for their device, which will begin pushing to all users on October 27. Sprint says that software version 2.08.651.3 will inlude security impro...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 10, 2011
AT&T has announced their latest offering for users looking to bring their own devices to their work environment. AT&T Toggle, as it is called allows your device to contain two worlds essenti...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 04, 2011
Well, that was quick. Just a couple days after a so-called "massive security vulnerability" was discovered in a few HTC phones, the Taiwanese manufacturer says a fix is on the way. Telling...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 02, 2011
(And it doesn't mean the sky is falling)
Update (Oct. 4): HTC says a fix is on the way. Original follows.
Another week, another bit of scary news that nobody is taking the time to properly ...
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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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 22, 2011
From the folks who brought you Vipre Antivirus for Windows, Vipre Mobile for Android is now available for a public beta testing. Along with the standard functions you would expect from a securit...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 22, 2011
As the adoption of Android continues, the amount of people looking to use their Android devices in enterprise environments is increasing along with it. T-Mobile and Good Technology have now teamed up...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 20, 2011
Lookout has announced the creation of the "Mobile Threat Network" -- designed to automate the process of detection and analysis of applications that pose a threat to the end user's sec...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 30, 2011
If you've noticed a software update hitting your Logitech Revue over the past day or so, it's nothing more major than a little security update, Logitech says. Nothing more, nothing less.We're still on...
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by Menno
Jun 15, 2011
Adobe pushed out a new update to its Android Flash Player today. In addition to a host of bugfixes, the new version also features several important security updates. Nothing major is listed, but...
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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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 07, 2011
Adobe has release the 10.3.185.23 update to Flash in the Android Market this afternoon. This update directly addresses two known security issues discovered recently (see security bulletins APSB1...
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by Chris Parsons
May 30, 2011
There is a lot of wireless back up / restore, locate and wipe applications available in the Android Market. But a lot of the time, getting all those solutions into one application is hard. You'll ofte...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 18, 2011
Google is rolling out a patch on their servers to fix the Google calendar and contacts sidejacking issue we talked about in a recent Sunday editorial. This will require no user action, and even ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 17, 2011
Malicious files once again have found their way into the Android Market, with a set of applications being hijacked, reverse engineered with malicious code injected, and published alongside the legitim...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2011
Much hay has been made of late over your phone caching (aka "storing") your location data. It started with the realization that the iPhone was storing location data ... and storing, an...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 20, 2011
Fear not, people of Earth. Your weeklong national Skype nightmare is over. The essential communications app has plugged that security hole we didn't actually sweat too much over -- the one where some ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 16, 2011
Skype Profile info left vulnerable to malicious applicationsSkype on Friday issued a public response to a security issue uncovered recently that leaves some profile and message information open and vu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 14, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewingSecurity researcher Ian Robertson has built an Android application that can be used to bypass security on the popular Cardkey door control systems. Using his Droid...
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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 Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2011
Developer banned, malicious apps automatically removed from users' infected phones, exploits patchedGoogle late Saturday night publicly revealed the action it has taken in the wake of a number of mali...
