Tag: malware
Android Master Key exploit “could affect” 900 million devices
Bluebox Security has recently gone public with an exploit that is said to be able to affect up to 900 million Android phones....
Android Defender Platinum app will hold your phone ransom
A new Android malware app has recently been discovered. This latest is called Android Defender Platinum and while it sounds like a bad deal,...
Lookout talks BadNews, the latest round of Android malware
It appears as if another malware scare has come to Android. In this case, Lookout has said they discovered a new malware family which...
Bitdefender releases Antivirus Free for Android
If you are looking to keep your Android device free of malware and hoping to do so without spending any money, you now have...
avast! Mobile Security updated with new UI, folder scanning, and more
For those of you worried about malware or viruses on your Android smartphone or tablet, avast! Mobile Security is one of the highest rated...
New Android malware threat looks like an IRS e-mail
Security researchers are warning Android users that there is a new malware attack spreading specifically aimed at Android devices. The Android malware was discovered...
Apple’s Phil Schiller sends warning message to Android users
The topic of malware on Android has taken an interesting turn today. We mentioned the report from F-Secure which was saying that Android accounted...
79% of all mobile malware in 2012 came from Android
It doesn't matter what smartphone platform you're fond of, no one likes malware. Some operating systems in the mobile market have less malware to...
If you are looking for some trouble, download some apps from “apkdeveloper”
The term 'super' generally brings happy thoughts. But in the case of one Android developer going by the name of "apkdeveloper" -- the term...
Samsung Exynos kernel exploit offers easy root and malware possibilities
Some strange news has appeared this weekend from the folks at XDA Developers that have been digging around in some of Samsung's Exynos kernels....
Lookout predicting toll fraud will continue and mobile spam will increase
Touching back on the subject of malware on Android and it looks like we have some predictions coming from the folks at Lookout. Of...
Android 4.2 security system finding only about 15% of the malware
Putting aside the argument of whether or not a malware scanner is needed on an Android device, lets talk about the scanner that is...