A new Android Trojan reminds us of the growing threat to mobile devices. Follow these five simple security tips to protect your smartphones and tablets from mobile malware.   A new Trojan horse app has emerged to target Android devices, and this one’s particularly creepy. The app records a user’s phone calls and then...
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Hundreds of thousands of websites appear to have been compromised by a massive cyber attack. The hi-tech criminals used a well-known attack vector that exploits security loopholes on other sites to insert a link to their website. Those visiting the criminals’ webpage were told that their machines were infected with many different viruses. Swift...
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By some accounts Google’s Android Market is uploading as many as a thousand new apps per day. That speaks well to the app market’s growing popularity but, as with any popular site these days it seems, it’s also made Android Market a target of malicious hackers spreading malware that could compromise a user’s security...
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Malicious hackers are preying on iPhone users who want to jail-break their devices, exploiting the increased interest around jail-breaking tools to launch malware attacks. According to Kaspersky Lab’s Costin Raiu (see disclosure), a rumored jail-breaking utility for iPhone 4 comes with a nasty surprise: Cybercriminals have definitely been riding the buzz around the supposed...
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Cameron Diaz has replaced Jessica Biel as the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet. No, we’re not talking about inane tweets or questionable paparazzi photos, but common search terms that often lead to users to Web sites laden with malicious software. For the fourth year, McAfee has compiled its “most dangerous celebrities” study, a...
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