There’s a new type of Android malware out there that is masking itself as a “cleaner” app, but what it’s really doing is infecting both your smartphone and your PC. Kaspersky researchers discovered the “cleaner” apps, called Superclean and DroidCleaner, in the Google Play store which makes it all the more scarier. The apps are supposed to free up memory… Read more
Android is an open platform, and that’s why we love it. The Play Store doesn’t have restrictions on what apps can access or do, and that makes some apps true gems. It adds usefulness and value. However, there is a big downside: malware. It isn’t as huge as many people make it seem like, but it is a legitimate problem. This time, apps from a… Read more
A computer scientist at North Carolina State University decided to test run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean’s new security tool. The tool is supposed to check apps to see if they include any harmful code. The scientist, Xuxian Jiang, ran 1,260 different types of Android malware through the scanner; only 193 were detected. That’s an abysmal 15.32% detection… Read more
It’s truly amazing at this point that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is allowed to speak in public as he’s so prone to take cheap shots at competitors. There’s little doubt that Microsoft was a smartphone industry leader prior to 2007 with Windows Mobile, but now that Windows Phone has single digit market share, his Ballmer-ness is apt to take shots at… Read more
In an effort to educate and safeguard the nation’s public from cyber attacks, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (iC3) has recently issued a warning about Android malware, citing two new malicious applications and its impact to the unsuspecting user. The two malicious applications in question are Loozfon and FinFinisher. According to the… Read more
This study shows a massive growth in Android malware. This malware ranges from emails with bad attachments to files installing themselves just by you visiting a website. Very similar to what would happen on a computer. But keep this in mind: None of these malware installations are automatic. Yes, to for malware to install, you need to install… Read more
Bad news for Android today as a new report from Microsoft researcher, Terry Zink, says that an undisclosed number of Android smartphones have been used as illegal botnets. Botnets are nothing new to PC users as they’ve had problems with machines getting infected and sending out masses of spam mail, like the message above, to others. They’ve now arrived… Read more
Who is ready for yet another story surrounding Android, Malware and “drive-by” attacks? Mobile Security firm Lookout is reporting that Android users have been the victim of “drive-by” attacks that allow hacked websites to side load malicious Android apps onto their device. The apps are installed via an embedded iframe triggering an HTML script that… Read more
Android has a had a growing security problem, as apps containing malicious viruses and other spyware have made their way to the Android Market, and eventually onto consumer’s phones. Google has noticed, and has apparently had a solution running “for a while now”. It has a codename of “Bouncer”, and does just that. It scans new and existing apps in the… Read more
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