Security flaw creates Android, Palm Pre snoop risk
John Leyden, The Register, 8/13/2010 Security researchers claim to have uncovered an unpatched flaw that creates a means to plant bugging software on Palm Pre devices. The vulnerability means that the Palm Pre phone might be compromised through the receipt of a maliciously constructed message. This message would place a backdoor on compromised devices that [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm · Tagged with: HP, Malware
First SMS Trojan for Android is in the wild
John Leyden, The Register, 8/10/2010 Premium rate scam will cost Google phoners dear The first text message-based Trojan to infect smartphones running Google’s Android operating system has been detected in the wild. Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer-A poses as a harmless media player application and has already infected a number of mobile devices, Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab warns. [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Malware, SMS
Security experts release software to attack Android phones
Daniel Eran Dilger, AppleInsider, 7/31/2010 A tool for attacking devices running Google’s Android operating system was released by security researchers today at the Defcon hackers conference in Las Vegas. The root-kit tool was released to “to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim’s email and text messages,” according to report [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Malware
‘Unhackable’ Android phone can be hacked
Tim Greene, Network World, 7/29/2010 Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. Not only has suspect software cloaked in a wallpaper application gathered personal information from infected phones and sent it to a Web site in China, but researchers from Lookout Mobile Security [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 4G, GPS, Linux, Malware, SMS, Sprint, Verizon
Google Remotely Kills 2 Apps from Android Handsets
Eric M. Zeman, iPhoneScoop, 6/28/2010 Google recently admitted to exercising one of its security features for the Android platform and apps in the Android Market. Google said it maintains the right to remove applications that violate its terms of service from the Android Market and from end-user handsets. It discovered two applications that violated its [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Malware
McAfee offers online protection for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
Brian Osborne Geek.com, 6/28/2010 With the invention of Internet-capable devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, there is a need to provide the same level of web content filtering and online protection offered to PC users. Especially as many of these devices are used by children and teenagers. McAfee originally answered this need for PC [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: GPS, Malware
Expensive malware appears for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile
Prince McLean, AppleInsider, 6/5/2010 Malware embedded into legitimate-looking games designed for Windows Mobile has appeared, automatically dialing up foreign telephone services to ring up hundreds of dollars in illicit charges for users behind their backs. The discovery, reported by John Hering of the Lookout security firm, was covered in a report by Reuters, which inaccurately [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, WinPhone 7, iPhone · Tagged with: Malware, Symbian, WinMo
Symantec to Move Security to Phone, Smart Devices
Neil J. Rubenking, PCMagazine, 5/27/2010 Symantec on Thursday announced a significant initiative it is calling “Norton Everywhere”, aimed at busting Symantec’s security know-how out of the yellow box and bringing it to new markets. Elements of the strategy, to be rolled out over the next few months, specifically include mobile security products for iPhone and [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: Malware
Apple warns iPhone OS users of jailbreaking risks
Prince McLean, AppleInsider, 4/21/2010 Apple has posted a support document targeting iPhone jailbreaking, noting that “unauthorized modification of iPhone OS has been a major source of instability, disruption of services, and other issues,” including compromised security. The article addresses “adverse issues experienced by customers who have made unauthorized modifications to the iPhone OS (this hacking [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: JailBreak, Malware
WebOS SMS vulnerability detailed
Gareth Halfacree, Bit-Tech, 4/20/2010 Palm’s WebOS platform – the software behind the Palm Pre smartphone, among others – has a rather nasty bug in it which can lead to remote exploitation via SMS. According to a post on ZDNet’s Zero Day blog, the flaw – discovered by security firm Intrepidus Group – stems from the [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm · Tagged with: Malware, SMS, WebOs