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Android malware families quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Android malware families quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Mobile malware madness: Favorite target? Android. Here’s 3 free security apps

Android smartphones rock, but whether you use Avast, Lookout, the new Sophos, or another freebie antivirus/security app, you better lock and load to protect your Android before you become a victim and a stat. Android, once dubbed a “cyber menace,” is too popular, too juicy and potentially too lucrative of a target for malware writers to [...]

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Android malware charges for free apps

Symantec reports hundreds of fake websites, some which appear to be websites dedicated to specific popular apps, while others pretend to be app market sites. When a user downloads an installation file, it appears to install the app on the device, but then redirects the user to Google Play, where they can download the app [...]

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Apple Security Under Fire From Kaspersky

An executive at security firm Kaspersky recently made some interesting comments to an industry publication, suggesting that Apple isn’t nearly ready for the Mac OS and iOS malware issues on the horizon. Some quick corrections about the interview by Kaspersky will lead most to write off the comments entirely, but there could be some accidental [...]

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Android malware families have quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Android malware families quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Android malware families have quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Android malware families quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Android malware families quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Mobile malware madness: Favorite target? Android. Here’s 3 free security apps

Android smartphones rock, but whether you use Avast, Lookout, the new Sophos, or another freebie antivirus/security app, you better lock and load to protect your Android before you become a victim and a stat. Android, once dubbed a “cyber menace,” is too popular, too juicy and potentially too lucrative of a target for malware writers to [...]

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Android malware charges for free apps

Symantec reports hundreds of fake websites, some which appear to be websites dedicated to specific popular apps, while others pretend to be app market sites. When a user downloads an installation file, it appears to install the app on the device, but then redirects the user to Google Play, where they can download the app [...]

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Apple Security Under Fire From Kaspersky

An executive at security firm Kaspersky recently made some interesting comments to an industry publication, suggesting that Apple isn’t nearly ready for the Mac OS and iOS malware issues on the horizon. Some quick corrections about the interview by Kaspersky will lead most to write off the comments entirely, but there could be some accidental [...]

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Android malware families have quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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Android malware families quadrupled in a year, says report

NEWS / GENERAL 19 May, 2012, 11:09 am IST | by Naina Khedekar | <!– 33 Comments –> Google’s Android mobile platform has been quite popular with masses with budgets of all sizes. However, they say, ‘popularity comes with a price’ and a recent Mobile Threat Report Q12012 by the security firm, F-Secure has revealed [...]

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