Android

BitTorrent releases free P2P private voice and text app

May 13, 2015

After an initial pre-alpha release in July 2014, BitTorrent’s peer-to-peer private voice and text app Bleep is finally available for curious Windows, Mac, iOS and …

Hacker exploits Android devices with self-implanted NFC chip

April 29, 2015

A security researcher has demonstrated that it’s possible to implant yourself with a NFC chip that will not be detected by body scanners at airports or other …

Malware peddlers exploit fear of Android Installer Hijacking bug

April 8, 2015

The recently disclosed existence of the “Android Installer Hijacking” vulnerability is being exploited by malware and adware peddlers and online survey scammers, …

Users care about privacy when they know what info is collected about them

March 31, 2015

A recent study conducted by Carnegie Mellon and Notre Dame University researchers is calling attention to several interesting things. For one, mobile apps collect too much …

Half of all Android devices vulnerable to installer hijacking attacks

March 25, 2015

A critical Android vulnerability that has been discovered over a year ago and responsibly disclosed to Google and other Android manufacturers can be exploited by attackers to …

Google aims to make Play Store safer, sets up human app review team

March 18, 2015

The time has come for Google to add some more hoops for Android app developers to jumpt through in order to get their offering accepted to the Google Play store. The first …

Many Android and iOS apps still vulnerable to FREAK attacks

March 18, 2015

Your browser may no longer be vulnerable to FREAK attacks, but what about the mobile apps you use? According to FireEye researchers, who have tested the most popular apps both …

Flaw in Dropbox SDK for Android lets attackers steal data sent to users’ account

March 11, 2015

Researchers from IBM’s security team have discovered an authentication flaw in the Dropbox Software Development Kit (SDK) for Android that can be exploited to capture …

Fake guides and cracked apps on Google Play Books lead to malware

March 5, 2015

Google has become pretty swift at finding and removing fake and malicious apps from its Google Play store, but there is one part of it where malware peddlers still seem to …

FREAK bug breaks SSL encryption for Android and Apple devices

March 4, 2015

A flaw in OpenSSL and Apple’s Secure Transport implementation of SSL and TLS protocols is putting millions of Android and Apple device users as well as visitors of …

Mass infection malware attack targets Android

March 3, 2015

AdaptiveMobile uncovered one of the single largest messaging-initiated mobile malware outbreaks. The malware, dubbed Gazon, which uses victims’ mobile phone contacts to …

A threat assessment of 7 million iOS and Android apps

March 2, 2015

Android malware is growing more pervasive, and iOS devices are also increasingly at risk. FireEye analyzed seven million mobile apps on both Android and iOS platforms from …