Users care about privacy when they know what info is collected about them
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
Aggressive adware in Google Play apps
Bitdefender has discovered 10 Google Play apps that have been packed full of aggressive adware. These either subscribe users to premium-rate numbers using scareware messages …
How safe are Android-based children’s tablets?
Looking for an Android-based tablet for your child but don’t know which one to choose? If you are concerned about the security of your child’s data – as you …
Mobile apps left vulnerable for months
McAfee Labs researchers found that mobile app providers have been slow to address the most basic SSL vulnerabilities: improper digital certificate chain validation. In …