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Developers cautiously convinced by Apple Gatekeeper

, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [3]

Apple began its Mountain Lion Gatekeeper charm-offensive with developers last week, it's been revealed, though there remain concerns around whether non-Mac App Store apps will get the same advantages as those released through the official download store. Developers Panic have documented Apple's outreach efforts, co-founder Cabel Sasser having been invited to a preview session with Mountain Lion earlier in February, where the Cupertino company was keen to reassure him that it has no plans to make the Mac App Store the only way to get apps in OS X. Read The Full Story

Google outlines Bouncer service for Android malware, touts lack thereof

, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [3]

Recent incidents in which the Android Market has been accused of hosting massive malware outbreaks have been responded to by Google today with a brand new system code-named Bouncer. With this new system, a completely non-invasive and potentially developer effort-free system will continue to build on Android’s security system blocking out all malicious software, especially here and now in the Android Market. This comes at a time when security group Symantec has changed their tune after a week of screaming about malware that the object they found wasn’t malicious at all in the first place.

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Symantec changes their mind on Android malware

, Feb 1st 2012 Discuss [1]

Not one week after the security group known as Symantec announced that they'd discovered the largest malware attack in the history of Android planted firmly in the guts of the official market, they've announced that there is no such infection. In fact, the malware the group said it'd found, Android.Counterclank, is actually just an overly-aggressive adware code. This is in accordance with a report put out by rival security group Lookout whom has essentially "told them so" late last month - always double check! Read The Full Story

Android Trojans highlight basic problem with a non-curated Market

, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [5]

There's a whole lot of malware going down right now in the Android Marketplace, and aside from scaring the bajeesus out of new Android users everywhere, the situation has highlighted a basic mis-step on the part of both consumers and Google. What Google has fallen under fire for many more times than here and now is that their Android Market has next to no curation process for apps, this allowing the possibility for malicious apps to be dropped and run rampant as they are today. As far as consumers go, there's a fantastically large amount of people out there who have no idea what they're doing. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012

, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

As we wrap up the last full work week of January, we saw a big chunk of mobile news today. For example, watch your back if you have an Android device because the Android Market is having its largest malware infection ever. If the iPhone is more your style, but you're stuck on T-Mobile, you might be pleased to know that the magenta-colored carrier plans to start boosting unlocked iPhone support at the end of the month. Read The Full Story

Symantec: Android Market having its largest malware infection ever

, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [22]

Virus detection and security group Symantec has today reported that a bug by the name of Android.Counterclank has infected between 1 million and 5 million Android users as of this afternoon. This bit of software sits on a handful of easily downloadable applications available on the Android Market as of late today and each has been downloaded several hundred times at least, with some ranging in the thousands. This Android.Counterclank has the highest distribution of any malware identified inside 2012 and may well be the largest infection on Android in its short history. Read The Full Story

Twitter buys URL-checking anti-malware firm Dasient

, Jan 24th 2012 Discuss [1]

Twitter has acquired web security firm Dasient, a real-time link checking system that scans URLs for malware and other online threats, in a move that will likely make clicking a link on the terse social network safer in future. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dasient's technology scans both web addresses and sites for potentially harmful content, as well as operating a service that keeps web-based advertising malware-free. Read The Full Story

Android malware: Threat or FUD?

, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [25]

Android faces an exponential growth in mobile malware, according to researchers, with a 472-percent increase in rogue Android Market apps since July 2011. Increasingly complex apps are taking advantage of loopholes in the Android platform's security to gain root access and grab user-data, Juniper Networks claims, going on to send premium-rate messages unknown to the user or share data covertly with remote hackers. However, while those apps are supposedly proliferating in the Market, it's unclear how many users are actually impacted. Read The Full Story

Nitro hack steals R&D and defense secrets

, Nov 1st 2011 Discuss [1]

Hackers used email scams distributing a notorious malware tool to steal research & development secrets from chemical manufacturers, defense companies and other targets in a huge industrial espionage attack dubbed Nitro, it has been revealed. Poison Ivy, a Windows-based trojan which allows covert remote access to infected PCs, was distributed among firms between April and September this year, according to a new paper [pdf link] from security firm Symantec, with 29 chemical sector companies and a further 19 - primarily in defense - in other sectors targeted. Read The Full Story

New Mac Trojan virus disables OS X anti-malware

, Oct 19th 2011 Discuss [6]

According to internet and computer security research firm F-Secure, there's a new Mac Trojan virus making the rounds. The virus has been labeled as OSX/Flashback.C and attacks by disabling the updater component of XProtect, which is OS X's built-in anti-malware protection. Read The Full Story

Facebook adds malware link scanning and racism block

, Oct 4th 2011 Discuss [12]

Facebook has confirmed that it will now scan all third-party URLs posted on the social network, partnering with Websense to check for malware and viruses in real-time whenever a link is clicked. "If the destination site is considered unsafe," Websense explains, "the user is presented with a warning page that offers the choice to continue at their own risk, return to the previous screen, or get more information on why it was flagged as suspicious." Read The Full Story

Microsoft accidentally flagged Chrome as malware

, Sep 30th 2011 Discuss [40]

Earlier today, Microsoft's Security Essentials mistakenly flagged Google Chrome as malware and began blocking the program. In many instances Chrome was entirely removed from users' computers. Apparently, Chrome was being incorrectly identified as a member of the Zeus malware family, but Microsoft has since released an update to fix the issue. Read The Full Story
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