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...
The company’s researchers have uncovered three new Trojans targeting Korean gamers. According to a recent report by Marianne Mallen of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), Microsoft researchers recently came across three new Trojans that specifically...
Malware in 2012 took a major acceleration – something that was predicted in 2011 – and they were right… December is “prediction season” in the cybersecurity industry. Every major anti-virus software maker and digital-security provider...
The Stabuniq malware appears to just be performing reconnaissance for now Security researchers from Symantec have identified an information-stealing Trojan program known as Stabuniq that was used to infect computer servers belonging to various U.S. financial...
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...