ESET®, a global pioneer in proactive internet security for 25-years, today announced the availability of a free Android app – ESET Stagefright Detector – which helps users determine if their Android device is affected by the critical Stagefright exploit. The app...
Recently, Avast researchers discovered the Trojan porn clicker uploaded to Google Play Store and posing as “Dubsmash 2”. This clicker pretended to be an official application, and was downloaded more than 100,000 times. While the click fraud activity did not cause...
The amount of malware targeting Android (android trojans) is still growing fast, and Google has promised to crack down. Back in February of this year, Google announced it was hardening its stance on Android security, unveiling an app-scanner (codenamed Bouncer) to...
A new form of Android malware can sneak onto your phone, show up as an icon resembling the Android app store known as Google Play It then sends your phone number to criminals, who can then use it to send out text messages or launch a Distributed Denial of Service...
Android: Today’s biggest target with Many Android Malware Android targeted throughout 2012… Over 100 million Android phones shipped in the second quarter of 2012 alone. In the U.S., a September 2012 survey of smartphone users gave Android a whopping 52.2% market...
Mobile malware in 2013 will be much worse than previous years… you have been warned… If you’re a user of Google’s mobile operating system Android and concerned about your smartphone’s security, expect to worry more in the coming months....