Posts Tagged ‘Android Market’
More bogus ad-serving Android apps evade Google's Bouncer
Wednesday, February 8th, 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 bogus copies of popular iPh...
More bogus ad-serving Android apps evade Google's Bouncer
Wednesday, February 8th, 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 bogus copies of popular iPh...
Spammers Impersonate Well-Known Developers to Publish Rogue Apps on Android Market
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Spammers use font tricks to deceive Android Market users into trusting rogue app developers
Phony Temple Run Game For Android Plays On Android-iOS App Gap
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Scammers are using the super-popular Temple Run game for iOS as bait to lure Android users into installing a phony version of the game on their phones. The incident comes amid reports of an explosion in traffic to mobile Web pages and application stores.
Fake Temple Run app found on Android Market
Tuesday, February 7th, 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 has arrived when they discovered the...
Android Market Gets a Bouncer to Kick Out Malware
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Is Google Bouncer going to bounce all malware from the Android Market?
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Google has pleasantly surprised the mobile malware research community when it announced yesterday that Android apps are analysed for malicious behavior before being allowed onto the Android Market, but is it all good news? Vanja Svajcer, Sophos Principal Researcher, investigates. 
Google’s Bouncer scans the Android Market for Malware
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Google has disclosed that it has, for the last year, been using a system called Bouncer to scan the Android Market for malware and says there was a 40% decline in downloads of malicious software in 2011
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Android Counterclank is (not) malware
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Despite the stint of very cold weather in Europe, Android malware scene is warming up. Vanja Svajcer finds an intriguing case for the difference of opinions on the classification of certain Android apps present in Google Android market. 
Unlock Your Phone’s Hidden Features!… Not.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
