Tag: security
Concept app steals keyboard taps via phone sensors
Hey, security researchers. We appreciate what you do. But the world of malware is worrisome enough without yo giving the bad guys even more...
Spyware found in Japanese Google Play Store
Ho boy. It seems that at Android enthusiast can't get his head down before yet another malware story slides across his writing desk. This...
Security concept app steals Android info with no permissions
Android security nuts, get your tin foil hats ready. A security researcher at Leviathan Security Group has posted a proof of concept application that can steal...
Boeing prepares Android phones for G-Men
Boeing is a company usually associated with gigantic flying people-movers and/or awesome weaponry. But they're also a people company - which is why they're...
United States carriers and the FCC unite to battle cell phone theft
The Justice League. The Avengers. Voltron. Those annoying kids who always ran around for twenty minutes until Captain Planet showed up. Now you can...
CyanogenMod decides root access should be optional
Devices running custom ROM's have always been rooted. This is just how things are in the world of Android. Root gives you full control...
Android pattern lock stumps FBI investigators
There have been a lot of stories in the last few months questioning Android's security as a platform. But when it came time for...
Google Wallet now displays warnings for rooted phones
Oh boy. After taking considerable heat from the privacy and security community over cracks in Google Wallet, the company updated the NFC payment app...
Android applications flaw can allow photo access
Ever wonder if the photos you snapped with your Android device were safe from others to see? Well, I'm sure you hadn't considered it,...
Google pushes security fixes for Wallet, Google+, and Authenticator
A few weeks back, a Google Wallet vulnerability was found making both rooted and untampered devices with the application vulnerable to hackers. The crack...
Google has disabled use of your prepaid card via Google Wallet
As previously covered, your Google Wallet PIN can now be compromised on any device - rooted or not. Wallet Cracker, an application developed by...
Surprise: you don’t need root to break into Google Wallet after all
So there's some considerable hubbub surrounding Google Wallet at the moment, after an independent security researcher was able to create a rooted app that bypasses the PIN lock...