A new malware scheme has been discovered that pushes fake antivirus software to Android users via in-app advertising. Once installed, the trojan informs the victims they need to pay up to remove threats on their device. The malware in question,…

Guest author Catalin Cosoi is chief security strategist at Bitdefender. Android malware seems to be spreading at a dizzying pace. In the second half of 2012 alone, Bitdefender found that Android malware spiked 292% from the first half of the…

<!– Like us on Facebook –> Bitdefender, which created on the world’s fastest and most effective lines of internationally certified security software, said that since most Internet users turn their personal devices into work devices, it makes sense to restrict…

Are your customers concerned about unwanted text messages containing potentially malicious URLs? What about phone calls with hidden caller IDs? Security vendor Sophos has developed a solution to combat these security threats on Android devices, leveraging SPAM filter capabilities for…

Ten of the top commercial Android antivirus software products were beaten by common malware obfuscation methods, according to new research. Researchers from Northwestern University and North Carolina State University for one year tested popular mobile AV apps for Android on…