Archive for the ‘Android’ Category

Use Prey to find a missing laptop or Android phone

Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:54 Comments Off

It’s free, open source, and cross-platform … and just might help you recover a stolen laptop.

This was posted under category: Android, Hardware, Open Source, Security, Software, Tip, laptop

Of course Android can be hacked, so what else is new?

Monday, August 2, 2010 9:10 Comments Off

When someone says Android, or anything else, is unhackable and that it’s just been hacked, they don’t know what they’re talking about.

This was posted under category: Android, Endpoint security, Hardware, Linux, Lookout Mobile Security, Mobile, Mobile & wireless, Open Source, Operating Systems, Opinion, Personal tech, Security, Smartphone, Storage

Of course Android can be hacked, so what else is new?

Monday, August 2, 2010 9:10 Comments Off

When someone says Android, or anything else, is unhackable and that it’s just been hacked, they don’t know what they’re talking about.

This was posted under category: Android, Endpoint security, Hardware, Linux, Lookout Mobile Security, Mobile, Mobile & wireless, Open Source, Operating Systems, Opinion, Personal tech, Security, Smartphone, Storage

Rogue Android Apps Secretly Grab User Data

Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:47 Comments Off

A number of popular Android applications can reportedly collect your mobile device’s personal information and then send that data to a Chinese-owned Website. The information in question includes your device’s phone number, subscriber identifier number and, in some cases, your voicemail password, according to Phandroid.

This was posted under category: Android, Android apps, News, Personal tech, Security

‘Unhackable’ Android can be hacked

Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:21 Comments Off

Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.

This was posted under category: Android, Black Hat, Mobile & wireless, Networking, News, Personal tech, Security

Smartphones: Twice As Infected With Malware As Windows PCs?

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:34 Comments Off

Do you believe that smartphones might be twice as infected with malware as Windows PCs? A poll by a leading security institute indicates it might be so.

This was posted under category: Android, Consumer Electronics, Cyberthreats, Eric Lai, Handhelds, Malware, Personal Technology, Security, Smartphone, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Superphone, Viruses And Worms, iPhone