Android VXers earn big bucks on trader site 

Android VXers earn big bucks on trader site

In Web/client - By Danielle Walker, 13 September 2012 9:42 AM
Infected droids worth 10 times more than PCs.
Clueful outs iOS apps sending unprotected passwords 

Clueful outs iOS apps sending unprotected passwords

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 28 August 2012 11:40 AM
Morphs into web app to skirt Apple ban.
Researcher demos Catch Notes data-stealing hole 

Researcher demos Catch Notes data-stealing hole

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 13 August 2012 2:47 PM
Malicious apps steal text, voice and video.
Google Play issues security warning to app developers 

Google Play issues security warning to app developers

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 6 August 2012 4:24 PM
Devs given 30 days to fix bad apps.
Modular Android malware dev kit to be released 

Modular Android malware dev kit to be released

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 3 August 2012 10:13 AM
Lets writers steal contacts, SD card contents and eavesdrop with ease.
Qualys opens Android app analysis framework 

Qualys opens Android app analysis framework

In Applications - By SC Staff, 31 July 2012 12:56 PM
Keeps tabs on Android apps.
#BlackHat: Phones hijacked by malicious NFC tag 

#BlackHat: Phones hijacked by malicious NFC tag

In Messaging - By Marcos Colon, 30 July 2012 8:37 AM
Android, Nokia compromised.
Yahoo! mail app may be behind Android spam 

Yahoo! mail app may be behind Android spam

In Applications - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 17 July 2012 11:46 AM
Doubt on botnet theory.
100,000 Chinese Android users owned by trojan 

100,000 Chinese Android users owned by trojan

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 9 July 2012 6:08 PM
Downloads movies, buys apps and captures CAPTCHA.
Researchers question Android spam botnet 

Researchers question Android spam botnet

In Applications - By Fahmida Y. Rashid, 9 July 2012 10:11 AM
More proof needed.
Suspected trojan found in Apple App Store 

Suspected trojan found in Apple App Store

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 9 July 2012 9:12 AM
Creator says it's in 'beta-testing'.
20,000 malicious apps hawked on droid store 

20,000 malicious apps hawked on droid store

In Applications - By SC Staff, 6 July 2012 8:45 AM
The number of malicious apps doubled in 30 days.
Prototype rootkit silently modifies Android apps 

Prototype rootkit silently modifies Android apps

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 4 July 2012 10:43 AM
Installed web browser replaced with keylogger doppelganger.
Security boffins slip past Google Bouncer 

Security boffins slip past Google Bouncer

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 5 June 2012 2:53 PM
New app store security checkpoint misses malicious app.
1391 Brits stung in Angry Birds scam 

1391 Brits stung in Angry Birds scam

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 27 May 2012 12:17 AM
Trojanised apps sends secret SMSes.
Google boots serial malware writer from Play Store  

Google boots serial malware writer from Play Store

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 10 May 2012 1:44 PM
Uploads fake anti-virus apps.
Eavesdropper Android app developed 

Eavesdropper Android app developed

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 8 May 2012 11:53 AM
Proof-of-concept application siphons audio to remote servers.
First drive-by Android malware detected 

First drive-by Android malware detected

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 4 May 2012 9:12 AM
Malware writers "even lazier than before".
BlackBerry most secure enterprise OS  

BlackBerry most secure enterprise OS

In Messaging - By SC Staff, 12 April 2012 3:00 AM
Windows Phone "reasonably robust".
Android concept app siphons sensitive data 

Android concept app siphons sensitive data

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 11 April 2012 11:12 AM
Application bypasses permissions to steal SD and app data.
Open source Android bug seeker launched 

Open source Android bug seeker launched

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 17 March 2012 10:25 AM
MWR InfoSecurity is to launch an Android security testing framework this afternoon at the Blackhat EU conference.
Android app permissions silently duplicated to advertisers 

Android app permissions silently duplicated to advertisers

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 6 March 2012 12:14 PM
Android applications are sharing users' personal data without their knowledge.
NSA builds Android phone for top secret calls  

NSA builds Android phone for top secret calls

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 1 March 2012 9:15 AM
Blueprints released to public.
Duo arrested over $148,000 Android malware scam 

Duo arrested over $148,000 Android malware scam

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 29 February 2012 5:15 AM
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of developing mobile malware that ended up on more than 2000 Android devices.
Crims make $3 million a year off Android botnet 

Crims make $3 million a year off Android botnet

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 February 2012 10:03 PM
Uni researcher finds world's biggest Android botnet.
Google employs Bouncer to cleanse Android malware 

Google employs Bouncer to cleanse Android malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 5 February 2012 9:41 AM
Claims malware app downloads had dropped 40 per cent.
HTC phones reveal Wi-Fi logins 

HTC phones reveal Wi-Fi logins

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 5 February 2012 9:41 AM
Apps could swipe SSIDs, passwords.
Google won't kill 'malicious' Android apps 

Google won't kill 'malicious' Android apps

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 1 February 2012 10:11 AM
Apps dubbed malicious by Symantec did not violate terms of service.
Android 'Swiss Army Knife' hack tool released 

Android 'Swiss Army Knife' hack tool released

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 29 January 2012 3:00 AM
Reverse engineering and analysis #Shmoocon
US spy agency issues damage-controlling Android 

US spy agency issues damage-controlling Android

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 18 January 2012 11:54 AM
NSA's SEAndroid too tough for GingerBreak, RageAgainstTheCage.
Android app installs shell, bypasses permissions  

Android app installs shell, bypasses permissions

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 21 December 2011 11:10 AM
App silently taps data.
"Significant" holes found in Droid X, Evo 4G, Wildfire S 

"Significant" holes found in Droid X, Evo 4G, Wildfire S

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 December 2011 6:22 PM
Android phone apps create potential backdoors to user data.
Android, Apple now on RIM enterprise server 

Android, Apple now on RIM enterprise server

In Applications - By SC Staff, 1 December 2011 6:53 AM
Phones, tablets on one network.
Twitter buys Marlinspike's Whisper Systems 

Twitter buys Marlinspike's Whisper Systems

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 29 November 2011 7:41 AM
RedPhone goes silent, for now.
How bad is mobile malware? 

How bad is mobile malware?

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 1 November 2011 3:47 PM
Beware of greynets.
Turning good Android apps bad 

Turning good Android apps bad

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 19 October 2011 3:46 AM
Unregulated market a dangerous place.
HTC user data exposed to web apps 

HTC user data exposed to web apps

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 October 2011 10:57 AM
HTCLoggers.apk binded to TCP.
Mobile malware up 273%, vendor says 

Mobile malware up 273%, vendor says

In Applications - By SC Staff, 14 September 2011 3:50 AM
New strain detected on average every 12 seconds.
Android bot army grows 

Android bot army grows

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 11 September 2011 10:57 PM
Still dwarfed by PC botnets.
Android tops mobile hacking charts 

Android tops mobile hacking charts

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 24 August 2011 12:52 PM
But malware hasn't reached a tipping point.
Jailbroken idevices pwned by charging stations 

Jailbroken idevices pwned by charging stations

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 19 August 2011 4:04 PM
USB mode silently comes to life.
Droid spyware answers phone calls 

Droid spyware answers phone calls

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 August 2011 11:56 AM
Ain't no secretary.
Video details Android browser intercept flaw 

Video details Android browser intercept flaw

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 4 August 2011 2:26 AM
Users must wait for Frozen Yoghurt fix.
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