Security News

Nasty Android Malware Allows Adware to Install Without User Permission (November 19, 2015) (SANS Newsbites)
2015-11-20 19:51

Android adware installs itself without permission (SC Magazine)
2015-11-20 16:21

Android Adware Abuses Accessibility Service to Install Apps (SecurityWeek)
2015-11-20 11:36

Android battery drain woes? Covert app chatter could be to blame (ZDNet)
2015-11-20 11:36

Android adware tricks users into giving it power to secretly download other apps (Help Net Security)
2015-11-20 10:55

Earlier this month Lookout revealed the existence of three adware families - Shuanet, ShiftyBug and Shedun - that secretly root Android devices and are extremely difficult to remove. They come hidden ...

Android's accessibility service grants god-mode p0wn power (The Register)
2015-11-20 05:06

Android adware can install itself even when users explicitly reject it (ArsTechnica)
2015-11-19 17:21

Bug in Android Gmail app allows effective email spoofing (Help Net Security)
2015-11-16 15:22

Yan Zhu, a Technology Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has unearthed a flaw in the Gmail Android app that can lead to very effective phishing attacks. The flaw is easy to exploit: the ...

Android Gmail app security hole lets you pretend to be anyone online (ZDNet)
2015-11-16 11:51

How to securely wipe an Android smartphone or tablet (ZDNet)
2015-11-16 01:22