Responding to a question about malware on the Android platform…
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Malicious Android apps spike nearly 400 percent in in Google Play store
Malicious Android apps have grown 388 percent from 2011 to 2013…
Kaspersky: Android banking apps most at risk of virus
Banking applications on Android phones are most vulnerable to cyber crime…
Apple’s Phil Schiller tweets link to another security report criticizing Android
Last year, Apple executive Phil Schiller tweeted a link to a research report…
Cisco: Android the target of 99 percent of world’s mobile malware
Google’s Android is the target of 99 percent of the world’s mobile malware
Massive data breach: Target’s Windows-based PoS terminals were infected with malware
The CEO of retailer Target revealed Saturday in an interview…
Target debacle: Retailer now says 70 million people hit in massive data breach
The data breach that hit Target Corp. over the holidays was bigger than the company…
Samsung Android-based Knox security suite contains serious security flaw
An Israeli security researcher from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Cyber Security…
Steve Jobs was right (yet again): Adobe has an epically abysmal security record
Adobe’s massive security breach last week is just the latest in its long, troubled history…
Eric Schmidt on Android: ‘It’s more secure than the iPhone’
Eric Schmidt was asked by Gartner analyst David Willis about the security of Android…
Attorneys General for New York and San Francisco strongly urge iPhone and iPad users to download iOS 7
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman…
First case of Android Trojan spreading via mobile botnets discovered
Isn’t that special?
U.S. DHS, FBI warn of malware threats to Android mobile devices
In an unclassified roll call release for police, fire, ems, and security personnel…
Android app malware rates skyrocket 40 percent in last quarter
Mobile malware in the Android ecosystem has skyrocketed…
First malware found in wild that exploits Android app signing flaw
Just three weeks after Bluebox Security first announced…
S.F. district attorney optimistic over Apple, Samsung progress on anti-theft tech for smartphones
Apple’s Activation Lock was tested…
U.S. State and federal governments test Apple’s iOS 7 activation lock feature
Apple and Samsung’s latest smartphones will face the scrutiny of state and federal prosecutors…
Give me back my iPhone! I tried Android, but went back to my iPhone because most Android phones are crap
The worst thing about Android phones isn’t the crapware…
Hackers attack Microsoft computers using Google researcher’s exploit
Microsoft Corp said hackers have attacked some computers by exploiting a bug in Windows…
‘Master key’ to Android phones found; can give attackers access to almost any Android phone
A ‘master key’ that could give cyber-thieves unfettered access to Android…
Latest self-replicating Android Trojan looks and acts just like Windows malware
The Android Trojan can copy itself and other malicious applications to other devices located nearby…
Mobile malware exploding, but only for Android
Google’s Android, which researchers now say is resembling Windows on the desktop PC…
Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 looks to take on Apple’s iPad mini; 3G model also a phone
Samsung on Monday announced its new third-generation Galaxy Tab…
Latest Samsung flaw allows ‘total bypass’ of Android lock screen
Another security flaw has been discovered on Samsung phones…
Malicious virus shuttered U.S. power plant, says Department of Homeland Security
A computer virus attacked a turbine control system at a U.S. power company…
The Google Tax: Android phones hit by cyber thieves’ spamming malware
Cyber-thieves are using games to turn Android phones into spam-sending drones…
Samsung phones, tablets vulnerable to dangerous Android exploit
A suspected fault in how Samsung Electronics has implemented the Android’s kernel…
US-CERT warns: Samsung printers contain hardcoded backdoor account
Printers manufactured by Samsung have a backdoor administrator account hard coded…
Security researcher labels nearly 300,000 Google Play Android apps as ‘high-risk’
One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks…
French hacker admits stealing 500,000 euros from Android smartphone users
A 20-year-old hacker has been arrested in northern France for spreading a virus via Android apps…
The Microsoft Tax: Malicious worm on Skype lets hackers hold Windows PCs for ransom; Macintosh unaffected
Yet another ‘malicious worm’ that infects Windows PCs…
Massive Android malware operation may have infected 5 million users; many infected apps remain on Android Market
The largest-ever Android malware operation may have duped as many as 5 million users…
Acer commits most blatant ripoff of Apple yet
Let’s put pics, documents and media in the cloud and make them available to all of your devices…
Would you feel secure connecting Windows PCs and Android phones with ‘AcerCloud?’
Two days before the official start of CES, Acer held a press conference…
Massive HTC Android security flaw leaves security expert speechless
I am quite speechless right now…
