Lookout Labs Sheds More Light on the DroidDream Malware

by Michael Murphy
tagged anti-virus, DroidDream, lookout, malware, security

Lookout Labs has been continually evaluating the DroidDream situation over the last few days. As you may recall, DroidDream is malware code that has found its way into over 50 apps in the Android market. We got an email from Lookout letting us know that they updated their blog last night with some new details [...]

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Nov

2010

Popular computer security company AVG acquires DroidSecurity, updates Android Market app “Antivirus”

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, anti, anti-virus, antivirus, avg, droid, droidsecurity, mobile, norton, security, symantec, virus

It seems like everyone’s trying to get on the Android bandwagon, and anti-virus and security companies are no exception. Security company AVG, makers of the well known antivirus program by the same name, has recently acquired DroidSecurity, the minds behind the Android app “Antivirus”, currently available in the Android Market. And, as of now, the [...]

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Aug

2010

NetQin Mobile Inc becomes largest mobile security company in China

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged Android Security, anti-virus, NetQin, spyware, symbian

Chinese firm NetQin Mobile Inc has captured the largest mobile security market share in China, according to research group Frost & Sullivan. In addition to discovering bugs on Symbian devices, NetQin also uncovered Spyware affecting Android devices in July of this year. The company has adapted security software for mobile operating systems like Android, including NetQin [...]

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Jul

2010

Spyware disguised as tip calculator app

by Chris Moor
tagged anti-virus, antivirus, av, spyware, virus

According to NetQin Inc, a mobile security service provider, a recent spyware program disguised as a tip calculator made it to the Android Market. Once the “tip calculator” was installed, the spyware will send all incoming and outgoing SMS on the system to designated email address on an hourly basis. Another version of the spyware [...]

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