Android's reset function fails to delete data from Samsung and HTC smartphones
Android smartphones fail basic reset test passed by BlackBerry and Apple
John E Dunn | 25 May | Read more
Android smartphones fail basic reset test passed by BlackBerry and Apple
John E Dunn | 25 May | Read more
Nearly half of Android devices are vulnerable to an attack that could replace a legitimate app with malicious software that can collect sensitive data from a phone.
Jeremy Kirk | 25 Mar | Read more
Lookout Mobile Security spots 12 versions of 'NotFunny' adware, downloaded 130,000 times
John E Dunn | 19 Mar | Read more
Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to a dangerous attack revealed two weeks ago that can compromise encrypted data, a security vendor said Tuesday.
Jeremy Kirk | 18 Mar | Read more
Some smartphone manufacturers are not configuring devices running the latest version of Android to automatically encrypt personal data, which Google had said would scramble data by default.
Jeremy Kirk | 03 Mar | Read more
Next time you turn off your Android phone, you might want take the battery out just to be certain.
Jeremy Kirk | 20 Feb | Read more
Android apps really do use those permissions they ask for to access users' personal information: one online store records a phone's location up to 10 times a minute, French researchers have found. The tools to manage such access are limited, and inadequate given how much information phones can gather.
Peter Sayer | 16 Dec | Read more
For the second time in a year, Chinese-made Android smartphones have been discovered pre-flashed with malware, this time a Trojan security firm Lookout Mobile has ominously dubbed ‘DeathRing'.
John E Dunn | 05 Dec | Read more
Cheap clone Android tablets of the sort that crowd the shelves of many bricks-and-mortar US stores are often riddled with dangerous but hidden security flaws, a test by Bluebox Security has found.
John E Dunn | 27 Nov | Read more
A ransomware threat that encrypts files stored on the SD memory cards of Android devices has been updated to target English-speaking users with FBI-themed alerts.
Lucian Constantin | 23 Jul | Read more
In the economy of mobile apps, you are less a consumer of software than consumed by it. That's according to security firm Zscaler that has analysed the surprisingly intrusive permissions demanded by many popular Google App store apps before they will allow a download to start.
John E Dunn | 16 Jul | Read more
Mocana's Atlas platform is intended to make it easier for users to access enterprise apps from their smartphones without compromising security.
Mikael Ricknäs | 08 Jul | Read more
A vulnerability present in most Android devices allows apps to initiate unauthorized phone calls, disrupt ongoing calls and execute special codes that can trigger other rogue actions.
Lucian Constantin | 08 Jul | Read more
Less than three weeks after pushing Android 4.4.3 to users of its Nexus devices, Google released a new version of the OS that incorporates a patch for a serious vulnerability identified in the OpenSSL cryptographic library.
Lucian Constantin | 20 Jun | Read more
Apple's tight vetting of mobile applications gives it a security edge over Android, but there are still several ways for attackers to steal data from iOS devices, a mobile security company warned in a report Tuesday.
Jeremy Kirk | 18 Jun | Read more