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Mobile Threat Landscape: A Decade Later

02

Feb

2012

We already knew that more and more people are becoming tablet and smartphone owners, but two new surveys that were released just this week reinforced that. A Google/Ipsos poll found that smartphone use was growing in all 5 surveyed countries. In the US, smartphone ownership rose from 31% to 38% of the population by September/October […]

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2011 in Review: Mobile Malware

03

Jan

2012

2011 was a banner year for the Android operating system – as well as for Android malware. The increasing number of Android users made it profitable for attackers to go after them in full force, as we’ve been saying all year long.Where are the threats coming from?Many of these threats arrive via third-party app stores, […]

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SMS Fraud Is Not Unique to Android

15

Dec

2011

Google is yanking a number of apps from the Android Market after discovering that they are fraudulent. Although such apps are more likely to be found with Android than on rival platforms, the concept of fraud is an equal opportunity threat that extends far beyond Android mobile devices. First, a little background on the action […]

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