Android must be getting popular! It’s always a test of a new platform or OS, when does it start getting serious malware targeting it? It seems like the time for Android is now, the news lately has been buzzing about the DroidDream malware that has been flooding the Android Market. Google pulled a number of […]
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China Facing Problems With Android Handsets & Pre-installed Trojans
It seems like the Chinese are always coming up with inventive ways to scam people, this time the people in their own country. Android is of course growing quickly globally and China is no exception with the availability of cheap hardware there the open-source Android OS is a natural choice. The latest scam is some […]
Researcher Releases Android Exploit In Webkit Browser Engine
And Android security hits the news once again, it’s not a vulnerability in the OS per-say but rather in the browser based on the Webkit engine. It does highlight the inherent fragmentation problems with the Android platform and the security concerns that come with running old OS and software versions. It’s a problem that is […]
Symantec Expands Security Products To Cover Android & iOS
Most of the big companies in the modern age of business are moving to the acquisition model rather than developing new technologies, Symantec has made a few purchases in recent years. Their latest move is to offer security for the hot smartphone platforms Android and iOS, which powers the new iPhone 4 and iPad. The […]
Critical Zero Day Abobe Flash Flaw Puts Android Phones At Risk
Adobe hasn’t been having the best of luck recently with a string of serious PDF exploits in their Reader software and now in less than a week two critical flaws in Flash. This is a pretty serious flaw and sadly proves Steve Jobs right for not supporting Flash on the iPhone and Ipad. A new […]