Android

What a dreadful week this one has been for the infosec industry, my friends. Following an amusing week of discovering bugs, zero-days and other researcher-coveted curios, here comes the painful

We all know that cybercriminals would love to infect your PC or Laptop with a virus or trick you to install a malware. What you might not know is that

Connected devices give us access to an unlimited source of information — the Internet. They also serve as a reserve data storage for unmindful owners. Basically, the majority of smartphone

Threatpost journalists Chris Brook and Brian Donohue discuss security and privacy at Google I/O conference, the IRS and Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield Data Breach, Sections 215 of the PATRIOT Act and

Despite the fact that Google I/O is a developers conference, it always gets the attention of journalists and consumers as well. The reason is simple: this is when Google shows

According to a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International over a 12-month period, 22% of parents polled indicated that their children were affected by cyber incidents. Examples of these

For children, modern phones and tablets often serve predominantly as universal game consoles.  While there are hundreds of thousands of games to choose from, not all games are suitable for children: some

Mark Zuckerberg has officially allowed dozens of popular apps to operate within the realm of his Facebook Messenger

#BionicManDiary Entry 003 – The one where I bypassed the smartphone’s password protection whereas had intended to do a completely different thing

A Trojan malware called Podec uses popular Russian social network VKontakte, and other channels, to infect Android phones. Beware: It can bypass CAPTCHA.

Kaspersky Lab created a mobile app to find a stolen or lost phone, remotely lock it, or delete sensitive data in case of device theft.

Samsung Pay is set to come out in South Korea and the U.S. this summer. The company isn’t saying much, but we tried to find out what we could about security on the platform

Let’s identify the main IT security and protection trends at MWC 2015.

Find out about the most interesting gadgets presented at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona

When it comes to Mobile OSes, every 3rd option conversation these days mentions the need for some “true openness”. But do we really need this kind of openness?

Security reporters Brian Donohue and Chris Brook discuss security and privacy headlines from the first few weeks of the new year.

Catch up on our most popular posts from November.

We have seen a number of cases where a user has deleted our product for Android and ended up with a locked device. Here we discuss why this happens and what can be done about it.

It’s not always easy to give general advice to Android users because the OS is so very diverse. But we have ten security tips that are relevant for almost any Android version.

Read highlights from our top posts in October.

Google’s mobile operating system joins Apple’s iOS in offering full disk encryption by default to all users in its newest version — Android 5.0 aka Lollipop.