Android

TeamDrive 3.0: Secure cloud file sharing for iOS and Android

March 7, 2012

TeamDrive released a new client platform that brings security and privacy to the mobile access of cloud data. TeamDrive 3.0 adds secure clients for iOS and Android smart …

AirCover: Personal security app for iOS and Android

March 5, 2012

BlueSprig launched AirCover, a personal security app and location tool for iOS and Android devices. AirCover protects users from loss, theft, viruses, malware and other …

Alleged SMS Trojan makers indicted in France

February 28, 2012

Two men recently arrested in France stand accused of having developed a mobile Trojan app that stole money from Android users, reports L’Informaticien (via Google …

10.8 million Android devices infected with malware

February 24, 2012

From 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber criminals, according to NQ Mobile. In 2011, newer and more …

Active mobile botnet enslaves thousands of Android devices

February 10, 2012

A trojanized Android application for configuring phone settings has been enslaving the devices of the customers of China’s two largest mobile carriers into a botnet …

More bogus ad-serving Android apps evade Google’s Bouncer

February 8, 2012

Users searching for games on the official Android Market have lately been heavily targeted by ad-pushing scammers. First it was the fake Temple Run app, and now a string of …

Fake Temple Run app found on Android Market

February 7, 2012

Android users who were looking forward to playing the popular Temple Run game – currently available only for iOS devices – have probably thought that the happy day …

Server-side polymorphic Android apps

February 3, 2012

Server-side polymorphism as a technique to serve unique malware versions that evade signature-based detection to Windows users is used by many malware peddlers on a regular …

Google reveals it is already scanning Android apps for malware

February 3, 2012

Even though most malicious Android apps are served from third-party app markets, cyber crooks occasionally manage to disseminate some via Google’s official Android …

HTC Android phones allow apps to harvest users’ Wi-Fi password

February 2, 2012

A bug in the way some Android-running HTC smartphones handle requests for password allows some applications to send the user’s Wi-Fi network username, password and SSID …

Millions of infected Android apps… or not?

February 1, 2012

Over the weekend, several websites picked up Symantec’s story about Trojanized apps on the official Android Market. This happens from time to time, but what got …

Counterclank: Info-stealing Trojan or advertising tool?

January 31, 2012

A couple of days ago, Symantec has warned about Counterclank, an Android Trojan that has been unknowingly installed by users on over five million devices. This huge number was …