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Malware apps spoof Android Market to infect Android phones
A new exploitative app doesn’t even need to be let in to Google’s App store…
Google forced to pull several malware-infested apps from Android market
Google has again pulled several Android mobile applications that were lousy with malware…
Unlike proactive Apple, reactive Google doesn’t block malware from Android app store
As smartphones and the applications that run on them take off, businesses and consumers…
Windows malware found on HTC Android phone; Macintosh and iPhone unaffected
An employee at Spanish antivirus firm Panda Security received a new Android-based HTC Magic…
Malware designed to steal bank information pops up in Google’s Android app store
A rogue Android Smartphone app creates a shell of mobile banking apps that tries to gain access to a consumer’s financial information…
Cheap Android TV streaming devices may have dangerous backdoors to China
Human Security researchers found seven Android TV boxes and one tablet with the backdoors installed, and they’ve seen signs of 200 different…
Android settlers mourn loss of Dark Sky app after Apple acquisition
Popular hyper-local weather app Dark Sky yesterday announced the company’s acquisition by none other than Apple, meaning the Andoid verison is discontinued…
New adware with destructive capabilities infects hundreds of Android apps in Google Play store
Researchers have uncovered a new adware strain that was running rampant on the Google Play Store…
Some 17,000 Android apps track users, even when told to stop
Roughly 17,000 Android apps collect identifying information that creates a permanent record…
Apple’s iOS 12 utterly shames Google’s Android 9 Pie
Google’s Android 9 Pie was first released to the public nearly four months ago…
Apps installed on millions of Android phones tracked user behavior to execute a multimillion-dollar ad fraud scheme
In total, the apps identified by BuzzFeed News have been installed on Android phones more than 115 million times…
Google to charge Android phone peddlers for its Android apps in Europe
After receiving a record-breaking €4.34 billion fine in the EU for violating anti-trust laws…
Democrat cyber defenders are purging Android phones in favor of Apple iPhones
The Democrats are keen to avoid another digital disaster…
Want Google to track you less? Dump Android and get a real Apple iPhone
A new study has found that a stationary iPhone sends data 50 times less frequently…
Android sucks 10x more personal data than Apple’s iPhone
In ‘Google Data Collection,’ Professor Douglas C. Schmidt, Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University…
Researchers find Google harvests more data from Android – and Apple iOS – users than most people think
A new study from Vanderbilt University gives a look at the just how much data Google is harvesting from its users…
Google’s Android is still a toxic hellstew compared to Apple’s iPhone even when it’s not polluting your phone
Android’s popularity can be attributed for the most part to Google’s distribution model…
Another day, another reason to never downgrade from Apple’s iPhone to Android
Android is the world’s most popular mobile platform by a landslide…
Yet another reason I’ll never downgrade from Apple’s iPhone to an Android phone,
For a period of time, I almost always carried an Android phone with me in addition to my main iPhone…
Android’s trust problem isn’t getting better
Android is used by 2 billion people around the world, tolerated more than loved, and susceptible to major lapses in user privacy and security….
Android phone makers skip Google security updates without telling users, researchers say
Android smartphone manufacturers are skipping security patches without notifying users, instead claiming their smartphone’s software is up to date…
Facebook has been collecting call history and SMS data from Android devices for years; Apple iOS devices unaffected
I found, contained call-log data for a certain Android device I used in 2015 and 2016, along with SMS and MMS message metadata…
Google claims Android is ‘as safe as the competition’ despite its fragmented, outdated install base
Google’s head of Android security David Kleidermacher claimed in an interview…
‘KRACK’ WPA2 security flaw puts nearly every Android device at risk of hijack via Wi-Fi
A security protocol at the heart of most modern Wi-Fi devices, including computers, phones, and routers…
Google’s Android ‘Oreo’ attempts to copy Apple iOS yet again
oogle’s new Android iteration — Android Oreo — was launched Monday, and the operating system…
How Google is secretly recording Android settlers, monitoring millions of conversations every day and storing the creepy audio files
Google has effectively turned millions of its users’ smartphones into listening devices
Apple’s huge growth opportunity: Android upgraders
Although many investors like to focus on some of the new market opportunities that Apple…
Apple tightens the screws on Android
The prepaid market has become a feeding frenzy for carriers over the last 18 months…
Apple’s iPhone at 10: Still no major malware
One of the biggest successes of the iPhone is its security…
Security expert: There are several reasons why Apple iPhones are more secure than Android phones
Apple’s “latest ad campaign features a thief who’s able to break in and steal things from Android phones…
Apple lures Android users to upgrade to iPhone in new split screen ad campaign
Apple has created a series of 15-second social spots to promote…
Apple launches new Switch attack on Google’s Android
Apple has just launched new Switch attack on Google’s Android via a new section of Apple.com…
Russian hacker gang robbed Russian banks with over one million hacked Android phones
On Monday, Russian officials announced a successful series of raids against a hacking gang…
Android apps secretly tracking users by listening to inaudible sound hidden in ads
An increasing number of Android applications are attempting to track users without their knowledge…
President Trump dumps his Android phone for an Apple iPhone
According to Dan Scavino, White House Director of Social Media, President Trump…
WikiLeaks reveals CIA’s global covert hacking program targeting Apple iPhone, Google Android, Microsoft Windows and even Samsung TVs
Today, Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks begins its new series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency…
iPhone hardened to handle military-grade secrets in UK; Android and Samsung deemed insufficient in security
Describing Apple’s iPhone 7 as the ‘device of choice’ for the UK Ministry of Defence…
Android and iPhone reject female nudity app
Google Play and Apple have rejected an app designed to help women post nude photos…
Google’s Android platform has a serious flaw
Google’s Android 7.0 is finally here! It looks smooth and makes several improvements…
‘Quadrooter’ security flaws said to affect over 900 million Android devices
Four newly-discovered vulnerabilities found in Android phones and tablets allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected device…
Black Hat 2016: Apple’s iPhone destroys Android phones in security
Apple iPhones are killing their Android counterparts on the mobile security front…