Posts Tagged ‘apps’
IN THE HEADLINES: Get Used to Premium SMS Trojans
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 17, 2012
If you haven’t already heard of something called a Premium SMS Trojan, consider yourself warned. As Trojan attacks on Android smartphones and tablets soar, not all the attacks are what you would traditionally expect from a Trojan – like stealing your personal information or passwords. A growing number of these Trojans instead use your phone [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Mobile Threats on the Rise
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 8, 2011
I used to have an iPhone. Then I switched to an Android-powered phone. While I’ve found the Android phone a much better option, it seems like my choice might have increased my security exposure. According to McAfee’s most recent threat report, the Android mobile platform experienced the vast majority of new mobile malware discovered over [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Android Under Attack
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● May 31, 2011
If you’re one of the millions of people (like me) who use an Android-powered phone, then you might want to pay a little more attention to the apps that you download. While there’s nothing new about malicious apps targeted at Android phones, a recent study found a massive spike in attacks on the Android mobile [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Beware of Android Malware Fake Fix
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 22, 2011
Last week I wrote about how the DroidDream Trojan had quickly turned into a nightmare for Android based phones worldwide. Luckily Google quickly announced the availability of a security download designed to clean dozens of Trojan-infected apps from smartphones. And just as quickly, the criminal underground released its own version of Google’s Trojan remover that [...]
Mobile Web Driving New Privacy Issues
Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● October 26, 2009
Imagine this scenario: You’re driving down the road and you see someone behaving erratically, either bearing down on you too aggressively or perhaps operating under the influence. Instead of wondering what you should or can do, you pull out your GPS-enabled smartphone and call up an application designed specifically to inform the police of such [...]
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