Chat apps laced with spyware removed from Google Play
Hackers hit Google Play Store to spread functioning Telegram-based chat apps with spyware.
Hackers hit Google Play Store to spread functioning Telegram-based chat apps with spyware.
Lookout Mobile Security spots 12 versions of 'NotFunny' adware, downloaded 130,000 times
John E Dunn | 19 Mar | Read more
A malicious software program for Android that mines lesser-known cryptocurrencies could cause phones to overheat, a mobile security company warned Wednesday.
Jeremy Kirk | 27 Mar | Read more
David Jevans, CTO and founder of Marble Security, recently received some bad feedback from a potential customer testing his company's product, which helps organizations manage and secure their mobile devices.
Jeremy Kirk | 05 Mar | Read more
Tougher regulatiory intervention in Europe has caused criminals to move away from traditional premium SMS fraud in favour of newer cons such as chargeware, mobile security firm Lookout Mobile Security has reported.
John E Dunn | 21 Feb | Read more
Maker of popular Galaxy smartphones teams up with Lookout Mobile Security to bolster its own Knox technology
John P. Mello | 05 Sep | Read more
A new report uncovers a sophisticated Russian market for Android malware driven by startup-like houses which peddle their wares to a vibrant ecosystem of distributors.
A small core of ten inter-connected Russian and Ukrainian organisations is behind 30 percent of all mobile malware and 60 percent of the rogue programs exploiting SMS toll fraud, research by security firm Lookout Mobile Security has suggested.
John E Dunn | 05 Aug | Read more
One million US Android users have downloaded apps that could be classified as adware in the last year, security firm Lookout Mobile Security has calculated as it started flagging named ad networks breaking its new blocking criteria.
John E Dunn | 28 Jun | Read more
Misbehaving adware buried inside mobile apps has turned into such a problem that security vendor Lookout Mobile Security has published a deadline for networks to change their behaviour or face being blacklisted.
John E Dunn | 15 May | Read more
Google’s Play store security has once again been embarrassed by the discovery of an ambitious botnet that sneaked past its app vetting systems to infect possibly huge numbers of Android users.
John E Dunn | 21 Apr | Read more
An analysis of a piece of Android spyware targeting a prominent Tibetan political figure suggests it may have been built to figure out the victim's exact location.
Jeremy Kirk | 02 Apr | Read more
Two security vendors have released temporary fixes for a flaw in some Samsung Android phones that could allow an attacker to bypass a locked screen.
Jeremy Kirk | 22 Mar | Read more
The malicious code that led Google to remove more than 50 Trojan applications from the Android Marketplace appears to mainly be a "dropper" -- a program designed to load other code to further compromise the affected smartphone, according to a security firm's analysis.
Robert Lemos | 09 Mar | Read more
More than 50 applications containing malware have been discovered in Google's application market for its Android mobile OS, a sign that hackers are hard at work trying to compromise mobile devices.
Jeremy Kirk | 03 Mar | Read more