Beware of Trojanized Flappy Bird game
Trojanized versions of Flappy Bird, the mega-popular iPhone and Android game that has recently been pulled from Google Play and Apple’s App Store by its creator, have …
HTTPS Everywhere add-on now available for Firefox on Android
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced the release of a beta version of its HTTPS Everywhere extension for Firefox on Android. HTTPS Everywhere is produced as …
PoC mobile malware records swipes on touch screen smartphones
A security researcher has developed proof-of-concept malware capable of capturing screenshots and finger swipes on mobile devices, and is set to demonstrate his creation at …
VPN bypass attack possible also on Android KitKat
Security researchers at Ben Gurion University in Israel are on a roll when it comes to discovering Android security flaws, and they revealed the existence of a critical flaw …
Many Android apps can track your location, access photos
An alarming proportion of Android applications can find and open private photographs on smartphones, track users’ locations, divulge e-mail addresses over the internet …
Surge in mobile network infections affects millions of devices
Security threats to mobile devices continues its rapid rise, infecting at any time more than 11.6 million devices and putting their owners at increased risk for stolen …
Android bootkit infects 350,000 devices
The first ever Android Trojan with bootkit capabilities has been discovered and analysed by Dr.Web researchers, who warn that the malware is already operating on some 350,000 …
Spoofed Whatsapp site delivers polymorphic SMS Trojan
The more popular an online service or an app is, the more likely this popularity will be misused by cyber crooks to trick users into downloading malware or sharing personal …
Looking back at 10 years of mobile malware
From Cabir to FakeDefend, the last decade has seen the number of mobile malware explode. In 2013, Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has seen more than 1,300 new malicious …
Malware infects Android-run devices via PCs
Researchers have recently discovered a PC Trojan whose ultimate goal is to compromise the target’s Android-running smartphone or tablet with information-stealing …
Most top 500 Android mobile apps have security and privacy risks
After testing the top 500 Android applications, MetaIntell identified that approximately 460 of those 500 Android applications (available in apps stores such as Amazon, CNET, …
Cybersecurity predictions for 2014
The advent of new technologies, the widespread implementation of mobile and wireless communication and the increase in mobile adoption will open up new opportunities for …