There is no denying the fact that the world has gone wireless. With the explosion of smartphones and the “bring your own device” (BYOD) movement, it is not hard to believe that more than 85% of American adults own a mobile phone and over half of them use them access the Internet. Mobile apps are Read more…
Tags: geolocation, geotagging, location data, mobile apps
Criminal hackers are targeting mobile phones in record numbers, and one increasingly popular technique is to corrupt legitimate applications. Approximately 200 of these maliciously modified apps have been discovered thus far. The amount of malware targeted at Android devices has jumped nearly 37% since last quarter, which made 2011 the busiest in mobile and general Read more…
Tags: mobile apps, mobile phones, secure devices, smartphone
The rapid growth in the popularity and sale of Android and other smartphones has attracted the attention of the mobile ecosystem worldwide. Right from smartphone makers to application developers, everyone is focusing on this new market that is supposed to rake in the mullah. Unfortunately, so are the malware developers. Smartphones new targets for hackers, Read more…
Tags: Android, mcafee all access, mobile apps, mobile malware, smart phone threats
…and Malicious codes ruining my mobile shopping spree! Back in March of this year I posted a blog entitled The Google Kill Switch and Smartphone tips. At the time there were 21 apps on Google Marketplace that were infected with Malware that Google yanked from the market faster than I could blog the warning call. Read more…
Tags: christmas shopping, malicious apps, mobile apps, mobile security
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