Find out how to keep your mobile devices safe from cyberattacks. In this blog, McAfee experts offer tips, product updates, and news related to mobile device security.
A new threat has surfaced targeting users in Korea and Japan, but this attack, unlike others making the news, is not one motivated by political or ideological dogma. Instead, this one is based purely on old-fashioned greed. Vertu phone owners or those looking for a localized Vertu theme in Korean or Japanese for an Android Read more…
Tags: Android, Android/Smsilence, Cybercrime, Japan, Korea, malware, mobile malware, mobile security, targeted attacks
Your Android device may be vulnerable to the malicious USSD codes exploit, which can initiate a wipe of data on your phone and SIM card. This vulnerability potentially affects any Android device running anything below Android 4.1.x (Jelly Bean). It is strongly recommended that you address this flaw immediately, as you may not have received Read more…
Recently security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar discussed a vulnerability that caused a Samsung Galaxy SIII to return to a factory reset just by visiting a special website. Mobile phones have a number of useful codes (USSD/MMI) that can be typed on the dialer screen to bring up system information (IMEI, firmware version, etc.). Usually they are Read more…
Tags: Android Malware, DoCoMo 110 Dialer, factory reset, malicious website, Samsung Galaxy SIII
This week many security researchers will converge on Las Vegas for the annual Black Hat USA, Security B-Sides Las Vegas, and DefCon security conferences. As in previous years, we’ll present and discuss many new security techniques and methods used by computer criminals, attackers, and defenders. A good portion of the new research will be related Read more…
Tags: Android, DEX, iOS, Linux, mobile security
Visa is testing out its PayWave contactless payment service at the Summer Olympics in London. Every athlete will get a Samsung Galaxy SIII phone enabled with near-field communication (NFC) along with Visa’s payment app. Contactless payments aren’t new, and similar payments by mobile phone have been tested by Google with its Wallet app and other Read more…
Tags: fuzz, fuzzing, Galaxy SIII, NFC, Samsung, Summer Olympics, visa
As mobile phones allow us to carry our money in an electronic “wallet,” they will also become a greater target for crooks. Picking a pocket is a risky endeavor for a thieves, but it will be much less so if all they need to do is bump into their victims or brush by them with Read more…
Tags: Android, credit card fraud and protection, credit card skimming, mobile security
In Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 27, 2012 McAfee unveils its series of technology advancements that deliver upon its vision of providing comprehensive mobile security and privacy protection for devices, data and apps. McAfee® Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM™) 10.0, available now, includes significant security updates for enterprise customers to enable ‘bring your own device’ practices in Read more…
Tags: Android, android antivirus, Android security, android security app, anti-phishing, anti-theft, anti-virus, antivirus, app protection, application blacklisting, BlackBerry, EMM, internet security, McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management, McAfee SiteAdvisor, Mobile, mobile antivirus, mobile app, mobile security, mobile security app, phishing, QR codes, safe searching, secure container, Symbian, tablet security, web protection
We suggested earlier that instead of going after the Secure Element chip and the information it keeps safe, attackers would go after the weaker point of the Google Wallet app. Security researcher Joshua Rubin has now created a proof-of-concept app, Google Wallet Cracker, that can recover the Google Wallet PIN on a rooted phone. Once Read more…
Tags: Android, credit card fraud and protection, mobile security
While most apps on the market are legitimate, mobile devices have become a targeted platform for malware. It’s becoming more and more common for cybercriminals to corrupt a legitimate app with hidden malicious functionality. These illegitimate and compromised mobile apps are designed to steal information from smartphones, or to send out expensive text messages without Read more…
Tags: App Alert, Bad Apps, McAfee, McAfee Mobile Security
It’s no surprise that smartphones and tablets are changing the way people are interacting not only online, but also in every day life. New ways of shopping, reading books, watching TV, communicating with colleagues, family and friends, banking, and even managing one’s health are all made possible with these powerful mobile devices. Ubiquitous computing with Read more…
Tags: antivirus, McAfee, Mobile, mobile security, security, smartphones, tablets
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