Exactly seven years ago to the day (September 23rd), after much speculation, Google finally lifted the lid on its secret project, one which would go onto change the mobile world.
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ESET recently discovered an interesting stealth attack on Android users, an app that is a regular game but with an interesting addition: the application was bundled with another application.
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If you have any kind of smartphone you probably know that when your phone is locked it requires some kind of passcode to enter – be it a password, a PIN or a pattern. It’s there to make your phone secure and disallow strangers from getting access to your data.
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You have an Android device and the performance is not as good as it was in the first days after you bought it? You want to delete the bloatware applications which are automatically installed from the manufacturer by default but there is no option to do that? If you seek help for problems like these and do some research in the internet, one of the first things to do you will probably read about is “rooting your Android device”.
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With millions of applications waiting to be installed in our gadgets, you not only need to be concerned about quality, but you also need to take the proper measures in order to avoid your phone becoming infected by malware. Unfortunately, we already know that Google Play and the Windows Store aren’t immune to malware. Even the Apple Store has its bad days, so we’re not trying to scare you. These days, malware is a continuing, growing threat.
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The latest ESET discovery of the first known Android lock-screen-type ransomware that spreads in the wild and sets the phone’s PIN lock is examined.
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Exploit code for the Android Stagefright vulnerability was made public, and researcher Joshua Drake hopes organizations will test Android systems and devices against the code.
Here’s what you need to do next to protect your Android phone from Certifi-gate
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Another Android threat similar to the well-known Koler A from last year is causing panic among Android users. The family is detected by Avira as Android/Locker.A and has tens of thousands of variants, with new ones created every day.
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Since the start of Android mobile applications growth in 2004, the number of applications which have a build-in advertisement functionality has been increasing dramatically, most of them targeting the user via mobile shop platforms.
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