Security people are, by and large, a bit of a dour lot. It’s not their fault, but their industry focuses on all the bad things that could happen to you—many of which you’ve never worried about before. That’s why it’s…

(MoneyWatch) If you’re at least somewhat tech savvy, you’re probably quite diligent by now about protecting your PC from malware threats. You run some form of antivirus software, and you are careful about installing suspicious software. You might note be…

The rise of malicious attacks directed at mobile devices should give those charged with overseeing BYOD policies pause in light of the third annual mobile threats report released by Juniper Networks Mobile Threat Center (MTC). “The report isn’t written specifically…

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IDG News Service – Over three quarters of Android threats are malicious apps that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers and could be mitigated by a protection feature present in Android 4.2, according to researchers from networking vendor Juniper…

An incredible 92 per cent of all mobile malware attacks are made on Google Android phones. That’s according to a new report from Juniper Research, which also says that malware on mobile has risen by a colossal 614 per cent…

Attackers are becoming more business savvy, exploiting the Android OS ecosystem and finding easier ways to distribute malware. Mobile malware has developed into a profitable business for cyber-criminals, as their interest in exploiting mobile devices, particularly those running Google’s Android…

It’s weird. Linux, which is Android’s foundation, has almost no malware to speak of. Trend Micro, however, predicts that there may be as many as a million Android malware threats by the end of the year. What’s going on here?…