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5 Free Android Security Apps: Keep Your Smartphone Safe

There’s been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47% of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it’s no wonder that Android is getting attention. Its openness fuels adoption by smartphone manufacturers and wireless carriers, aids in mobile innovation, and helps bring more free apps. [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – Virtual

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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MGI Research Publishes the Buyer’s Guide for Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– MGI Research published today the Buyer’s Guide for Mobile Enterprise Applications Platforms (MEAP). This report provides analysis and recommendations on how and when the use of Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms (MEAPs) – software development tools that create mobile applications for many devices from a single code base — can impact mobile enterprise [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – Virtual

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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Malware Soars, Especially on Android

Top Five Android Malware Families Report identifies five Android malware families, as well as a new Android root-level vulnerability. Carl Weinschenk spoke to Dan Hoffman, the chief mobile security evangelist for Juniper Networks. Last week, the Juniper Networks Mobile Threat Center updated its annual findings.   The frequency of mobile malware is accelerating, according to [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – SYS

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – SYS

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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5 free Android security apps for your smartphone

These free Android security apps from Symantec, AVG, Avast, and more will not only keep malware away but help find your smartphone when it’s missing There’s been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47 percent of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it’s no [...]

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McAfee Q4 Threats Report Shows Malware Surpassed 75 Million Samples In 2011

McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: Fourth Quarter 2011, revealing that malware surpassed the company’s estimate of 75 million unique malware samples last year. Although the release of new malware slowed in Q4, mobile malware continued to increase and recorded its busiest year to date. “The threat landscape continued to evolve in 2011, and [...]

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Report finds an average of 9300 malicious websites per day in fourth quarter 2011

The number of new malware samples hit 75 million worldwide last year even as PC malware counts declined, with mobile malware rapidly emerging, according to new data from McAfee Adam Wosotowsky, McAfee, senior anti-spam research analyst and an author of McAfee’s new Fourth Quarter 2011 Threat Report, says there was a significant uptick in mobile [...]

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5 Free Android Security Apps: Keep Your Smartphone Safe

There’s been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47% of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it’s no wonder that Android is getting attention. Its openness fuels adoption by smartphone manufacturers and wireless carriers, aids in mobile innovation, and helps bring more free apps. [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – Virtual

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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MGI Research Publishes the Buyer’s Guide for Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– MGI Research published today the Buyer’s Guide for Mobile Enterprise Applications Platforms (MEAP). This report provides analysis and recommendations on how and when the use of Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms (MEAPs) – software development tools that create mobile applications for many devices from a single code base — can impact mobile enterprise [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – Virtual

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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Malware Soars, Especially on Android

Top Five Android Malware Families Report identifies five Android malware families, as well as a new Android root-level vulnerability. Carl Weinschenk spoke to Dan Hoffman, the chief mobile security evangelist for Juniper Networks. Last week, the Juniper Networks Mobile Threat Center updated its annual findings.   The frequency of mobile malware is accelerating, according to [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – SYS

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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NQ Mobile Identifies Top Three Malware Threats for 2012 – SYS

  SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — A new report from NQ Mobile Inc., (NYSE: NQ), a leading global provider of consumer-centric mobile Internet services focusing on security and productivity, indicates that from 2010 to 2011, Android officially overtook Symbian as the most targeted mobile platform in the world by cyber [...]

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5 free Android security apps for your smartphone

These free Android security apps from Symantec, AVG, Avast, and more will not only keep malware away but help find your smartphone when it’s missing There’s been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47 percent of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it’s no [...]

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McAfee Q4 Threats Report Shows Malware Surpassed 75 Million Samples In 2011

McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: Fourth Quarter 2011, revealing that malware surpassed the company’s estimate of 75 million unique malware samples last year. Although the release of new malware slowed in Q4, mobile malware continued to increase and recorded its busiest year to date. “The threat landscape continued to evolve in 2011, and [...]

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