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Android has been known for being incredibly vulnerable to malware threats, but a new study from Kaspersky shows that the problem is getting worse instead of better. From Q1 to Q2 2012, malware threats targeting the platform nearly tripled from 5,441 to 14,923 — that’s over the course of just three months. Almost half, or…
Congressman Hank Johnson is looking to do something about mobile privacy, inviting the wide community to join in with their two cents before the bill is drafted up. He also launched the appRIGHTS.us website, a “bottom-up” project that allows anyone to participate with his/her ideas to ensure their data isn’t improperly collected, sold, and exploited…
Security experts at Venafi are predicting that some 67,000 mobile phones will be lost or stolen during the Olympics in London. And since many folks know own smartphones, this year’s Games will see the largest-ever risk of corporate and personal data loss with an estimated 214.4 terabytes of potentially sensitive data likely to be lost.…
Android has stepped its game up in the security department. The folks over at Ars Technica, has a report that Google’s new version of its mobile operating system, Jelly Bean Android 4.1, is the company’s safest version to date. Moreover, the platform was designed to protect users from malicious installations, thanks to the addition of…
Symantec has identified a new malware called Android.Dropdialer in the official Google Play market. The threat was posted as two popular titles, “Super Mario Bros” and “GTA 3 Moscow City,” on June 24 and since then have generated between 50,000 and 100,000 downloads. It’s kinda scary to think that these two apps managed to stay…
As our lives become increasingly digital, it’s easy to share more and more information online and without phones. Yet some of those sites and apps you use may not be as trustworthy as you think. If you know what you’re doing, install apps from trusted sources only (like Google Play, Amazon Appstore, GetJar, etc) and…
In its latest report, ABI Research is looking at mobile security, namely embedded mobile device hardware security. According to the research firm, this market is (will be) valued at approximately $430 million in 2012, and is set to grow to $1.9 billion by 2017. The bulk of the market is attributed to embedded chip security…
We’ve been hearing about military plans to use Android for quite some time now. The latest story to fit this picture comes from Invincea, which scored a $21.4 million contract from DARPA to make Android more secure. The company that presents itself as an “innovator in advanced malware threat detection, network breach prevention, and pre-breach…
ZTE, best known for being one of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers in China, recently launched the Score in the United States. Well, it looks like the company isn’t getting off to a very good start. It just confirmed a security hole in the device that could potentially allow others to remotely control it. The…
Security experts at MobileIron announced a deal with HTC through the Taiwanese company’s HTCPro program, which provides mobile solutions for companies and their employees while ensuring that HTC’s entire portfolio is business-ready. HTCpro delivers “consistent enterprise enablement across all HTC devices,” and combined with MobileIron software – it gives IT departments essential enterprise features to…