DroidDream turns Androids into zombies
The malicious code that led Google to remove more than 50 Trojan applications from the Android Marketplace appears to mainly be a "dropper" -- a program designed to load other code to further...
View ArticleMany Android apps from Google Play security-challenged
Hundreds of free apps in the Android market vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks as a result of unsound use of secure socket layer (SSL)
View ArticleMobile malware still small, but 'malnets' to rise up
With 70 per cent of employees across corporate networks using a personal smartphone or tablet, growing attack surface too big to ignore
View ArticleNew malware shows Android has target on its back
Finding seen as warning to U.S. companies that mobile OSes are the likely path to cyberespionage attacks
View ArticleCompanies should ban Facebook Home, experts say
Social network's new overlay for Android smartphones 'would be the first thing I would block on my network,' said one security adviser
View ArticlePentagon nod shows Android can be as secure as BlackBerry
Samsung's Knox system for Android devices gets approval for use in government and military like the BlackBerry, once the gold standard
View ArticleAndroid mega flaw fixed but phones remain vulnerable
Google quickly addressed a mega flaw in its Android mobile operating system after security researchers brought it to the company's attention earlier this month, but those fixes appear to be slow in...
View ArticleNext iPhone's possible fingerprint reader unlikely to excite buyers
Businesses more interested in controlling which apps are installed on the phones, and separating corporate data from users' personal data
View ArticleAndroid now 'mobile world's equivalent' of Windows for hackers
The capabilities of malware targeting the market-leading Android platform are mimicking those of Trojans that have wrung profits from Windows PC users for years, a new study shows.
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