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Play time over for 60K low-quality apps as Google fights Android spamGoogle recently undertook a considerable spring cleaning effort in its Play Store, sweeping away nearly 10 percent of the apps in the Android app rep…
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Apple's iOS beating Google's Android in mobile ads with 75% spend shareWhile Android devices continue to sell in large quantities, the advertising dollars that support the platform are increasing going to Apple's iOS, wh…
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Editorial: Apple's billions are building an empire for the futureGiven that Apple now sits on well over $144.7 billion in liquid resources, there's lots of discussion about how the company could or should be spendi…
... content littered with ads and malware threats, but so difficult to ... -
Security flaw opens all modern Android devices to "zombie botnet" takeover [u]A newly discovered flaw in Google's Android security model enables rogue apps to gain full access to the Android system and all installed apps, read …
... of such an app, rogue malware can obtain "full access ... model in question.""The Android malware ecosystem is beginning to resemble ... s leading mobile platform for malware, a problem many of ... noted in May, "the Android malware ecosystem is beginning to resemble ... -
Samsung's "free" Jay Z album delivered via Android spyware appIn a promotion for its Galaxy phones, Samsung announced it would deliver a million free copies of Brooklyn rapper Jay Z's new album days before its o…
... apps like these, who needs malware authors? Earlier this week, Bluebox ... have to worry about rogue malware developers snooping on their activities ... -
Editorial: Apple, Google and the failure of Android's openOpen Source enthusiasts love to tell you Android is winning, and that it is winning because it is open. But they're wrong on both counts. The history…
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Editorial: Google's Android haunted by Steve Jobs' warnings on app signing securityIn May 2007, I interviewed Steve Jobs on the subject of native apps for the iPhone months before the new phone first went on sale. Six years later, h…
... , resulting in the same malware, spyware, viruses and usability ... iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks." However, Jobs ... iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This ... also done to distribute malware and spyware. This has ... -
Apple's iOS 7 to patch 'power adapter' security flaw demonstrated at Black Hat conventionApple said it will roll out a fix to a relatively obscure security flaw that allows hackers to access sensitive information on an iPhone or iPad via …
... that lets nefarious parties insert malware onto an iOS device when ... -
Mountain Lion: System Prefs: Security & Privacy: I can't access the Firewall tab. I am concerned.<p> Hey,</p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="line-height: 1.231;">Mac user since early-2003. First computer, late-2002 flat screen <em>iMac</em>.&…
... was reading an article about Malware. I was quite sure I ... -
Apple's approval of 'Jekyll' malware app reveal flaws in App Store review processA group of researchers from Georgia Tech managed to get a malicious app past Apple's review process, finding the company may run only a few seconds' …
A group of researchers from Georgia Tech managed to get a malicious app past Apple's review process, finding the company may run only a few seconds' worth of tests before posting an app to the App Store. Dubbed "Jekyll," the malicious software was ... -
Inside Apple's iPhone 5s: 's' is for 'security'The inclusion of the Touch ID fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5s may position Apple as the default choice for businesses and government agencies loo…
... an overwhelming majority of mobile malware that can steal information and ... vulnerable to nefarious attackers. Android malware has become such a concern ... out and Android suffers from malware.Apple, meanwhile, has routinely noted ... -
Google's Schmidt says Android more secure than the iPhoneGoogle chair Eric Schmidt raised eyebrows and got a few unintentional laughs on Monday when he said that Google's Android platform is more secure tha…
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Adobe confirms Flash Player is sandboxed in Safari for OS X MavericksAfter years of fighting malware and exploits facilitated through Adobe's Flash Player, the company is taking advantage of Apple's new App Sandbox fea…
After years of fighting malware and exploits facilitated through Adobe' ... Sandbox parameters, preventing Flash-based malware from communicating with outside servers ... -
Something is a miss in laptop land<p>Hi</p> <p> </p> <p>Lately my Macbookpro has been..acting up..lagging. The dreaded biacthball shows up more often and my USB thumbdrives tak…
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Trojan/malware infection on MacBook Pro<p>So, my MacbookPro has a virus/trojan called Mal/BredoZp-B floating around it somewhere. I've got the free version of Sophos antivirus …
So, my MacbookPro has a virus/trojan called Mal/BredoZp-B floating around it somewhere. I've got the free version of Sophos antivirus running in the background and as such it has detected and "removed" the threat. Problem is, it keeps popping up every ... -
Android does it again ... and AGAIN!<p>When do people want to learn and kick android / google out of their lives .....</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h1 style="clear:both; color:rg…
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Apple looks to curb Web browser UI spoofing using real-time camera imagesThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent filing for an anti-spoofing method in which camera output, as well as data…
... or OS X machines, though malware is becoming a more legitimate ... company's ecosystem. One notorious malware called "Flashback" surfaced in 2011 ... -
Users may be weakest link in Apple ID, iOS security chainWhile Apple's robust security practices have made malware a virtual non-factor, iOS device owners should still take care to ensure that they themselv…
... robust security practices have made malware a virtual non-factor, iOS ... of security," the report says. Malware is not Cisco's biggest ... -
Apple touts secure design of iOS as Google chief admits Android is best target for malicious hackersSpeaking at Mobile World Conference, Google's new Android chief Sundar Pichai admitted that security plays second fiddle to "freedom" in the design a…
... share of malware vulnerabilities. Android's malware monopoly Last month, ... mobile malware targets Android, echoing the "staggering rate" of malware ... asked about Android's malware problems, Pichai (the Chrome ... the root cause of malware issues as highlighted by ... -
New Android "RAT" infects Google Play apps, turning phones into spyware zombiesAn easy to use new "Remote Administration Tool" malware package for Android offers to infect users, steal their photos and text messages, secretly ca…
... Malware is Android's primary exclusive app Most malware ... malware has pretty much followed in the footsteps of Windows malware Constantin noted that "Android malware has pretty much followed in the footsteps of Windows malware ... -
Thoughts on Chrome OS<p>I recently bought a Chromebook (HP 11 see photo below). I bought it because of a few reasons namely zero viruses and malware, it does all the…
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Apple's iOS 7 reaches 87% adoption, still growing faster than Android 4.4 KitKatApple has updated its App Store statistics for April, reporting that 87 percent of its users accessing the iTunes Store have now installed its latest…
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Google's VirusTotal adds desktop file analysis client for Apple's OS XGoogle's online malware analysis tool VirusTotal, which acts as a "meta scanner" for suspicious files, on Monday announced the availability of a new …
... 's online malware analysis tool VirusTotal, which acts ... allowing users to subject possible malware to a battery of ... an increasingly popular target for malware authors, with some reportedly netting ... a frequently-updated list of malware downloaded from Apple's ... -
Apple's Tim Cook uses WWDC stage to lob grenades at Android, sets up China showdown with GoogleApple CEO Tim Cook poured lighter fluid on the already-heated rivalry between Apple and Google during his keynote presentation at this week's Worldwi…
... noted, including the proliferation of malware among Android devices that can ... a report that found mobile malware authors to focus "almost exclusively ... wonder Android dominates the mobile malware market." Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple ... -
Google's Sundar Pichai targets the enterprise with Android L, featuring Samsung KnoxGoogle's head of Android development Sundar Pichai made brief remarks at Google IO to address the enterprise, a market that so far has largely ignore…
... had a company dedicated to malware, I would also send my ... that 99 percent of mobile malware targets Android, harmonizing with comments ... -
Inside iOS App Extensions: Apple opens up social Share Sheets to third partiesAt WWDC, Apple unveiled a new App Extension architecture for both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. Here's how the new feature enables new and existing web se…
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Al-Qaeda prefers Android over Apple's iOSApple's iOS has taken majority market share in education, government and the enterprise, but Google's Android has become the favored mobile platform …
... being singled out for targeted malware attacks, the insecure nature of ... open plenty of vectors for malware attacks seeking to spy on ... being singled out for targeted malware attacks, the insecure nature of ... -
Surveillance leak shows spyware loves Android, but can't infect Apple's iPhones without jailbreakSecret documents that anonymously leaked from global surveillance firm Gamma Group detail broad powers to spy on Android users via its FinSpy tool so…
... updated to avoid detection by malware scanners including Microsoft Security Essentials ... -
Tim Cook Visits VA Hospital Using iPads<p><span style="color:rgb(55, 64, 78)">Ironic and Good Going Tim as IT Guys at VA in Canandaigua, NY when I worked there in 1996-1997 wouldn't Give u…
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Known iOS auto-call feature sparks concerns about unintended dialingsTechnical oversights on the part of some of the iOS ecosystem's most prominent developers -- including Facebook and Google --?could allow attackers t…
... that they do not know. Malware authors depend almost entirely upon ...
