Posts Tagged ‘Android’

SMSmishing (SMS Text Phishing) – how to spot and avoid scams

Friday, May 18th, 2012




If the smartphones of ESET bloggers are any indication, scams executed via SMS text, known as smishing or SMS phishing, are on the rise. I don't do a lot of texting, which makes a smish easy to spot on my phone, but I just read an amazing statistic from a Pew report: Users 18 to ... Read More...

Malicious fake Android AV apps pushed onto users

Friday, May 18th, 2012
It seems that every week a new way of targeting Android users with malware is discovered, and most often than not, Russian users are primary targets. Sophos' researcher Vanja Svajcer followed links...

Secure data on Android devices with SecureZIP

Friday, May 18th, 2012
PKWARE announced SecureZIP Reader for Android, an application that secures enterprise and government data. The SecureZIP Solution secures corporate information that end-users send to the cloud vi...

Android in Enterprises "Severely Limited" by Weak Management Support from Google

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in large businesses has been "severely limited" because of the complexities of managing the various Android models and versions, market research firm Gartner said in an evaluation of 20 mobile device management (MDM) software vendors released Friday.

Android security: Protection of Java and native apps

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Arxan Technologies enhanced its Mobile Application Protection Suite to include multi-layered, end-to-end protection for Android applications. Given the open source nature of Android, Google recom...

Staggering Increase in Android Malware Variants, Trojan Apps

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

The number of malicious programs that target Google's Android mobile platform is growing at an alarming rate, according to data from anti-malware company F-Secure. 

The number of malicious programs that target Google's Android mobile platform is growing at an alarming rate, according to data from anti-malware company F-Secure. 

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Free Sophos Anti-Virus app for your Android

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
To help you better safeguard your Android phone and tablet, Sophos just published Sophos Mobile Security for Android in Google Play. Oh, and it's free!

Fake anti-virus disguises used by Android malware

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
The Android malware threat is growing. And it's no surprise to see similar social engineering tricks that have worked on other operating systems in the past also being used on the Android platform.

Peering Into a Pinterest Scam Toolkit

Monday, May 14th, 2012




Pinterest is getting lots of media attention lately. Spammers are also starting to exploit the social-media “pinup” site to make quick money. We have found that there are already lots of ready-to-use tools that make it easy for anyone to start Pinterest scams without much difficulty or technical skill. These tools are so easy that Read more...

Android remote systems administration tools

Monday, May 14th, 2012
Cura is a mobile phone application bundle of remote systems administration tools. It provides a personalized terminal emulator, a syslog module that allows for reading logs directly from a server...