Nov

2011

Lookout Mobile Security “Localized” In United Kingdom, Australia and Canada

by Harold Williams
tagged antivirus, hackers, lookout, Lookout Mobile Security, malware, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, security, security awareness

Lookout Mobile Security has always been downloadable all over the world where 30% if Lookout’s users are international. Now features like find-my-phone, data backup, and data restore features that the U.S. have enjoyed are available in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada with more to come. Their first overseas partnership is with Telstra giving its [...]

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Oct

2011

Contest: Win one of five Lookout Mobile Premium accounts

by Robert Nazarian
tagged antivirus, Contest, hackers, lookout, Lookout Mobile Security, malware, mobile security, security

It is time for another TalkAndroid giveaway. This is one is from Lookout Mobile Security as they promote awareness during National Cyber Security Awareness month. We are giving away five Lookout premium accounts valued at $29.99. Full list of rules: Leave a post in this forum thread. It can be a simple hello or maybe [...]

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Oct

2011

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Lookout Mobile Security reminds us that our smartphones are computers too

by Robert Nazarian
tagged antivirus, hackers, lookout, Lookout Mobile Security, malware, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, security, security awareness

Today is the first day of October, which means it’s the beginning of the baseball postseason, but it’s also the start of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. As our smartphones become more important in our daily lives, Lookout Mobile Security is reminding us that our smartphones are computers too. We aren’t using our phones for [...]

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Aug

2011

Norton Internet Security Now Free on the Android Market

by Ryan Brooks
tagged antivirus, malware, norton, norton antivirus, norton mobile security 2.0, norton mobile security lite, phishing, spyware

Symantec, long-time provider of Antivirus and Security suites on the PC, announced today that their latest endeavor, Norton Mobile Security Lite, would be released for free on the Android Market to those in need of an antivirus solution. The lite version offers the same trusted protection as that of the full version, but blocks the [...]

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Jun

2011

Lookout Security Reports New Trojan, GGTracker, Charges Premium SMS Rates

by Michael Murphy
tagged antivirus, GGTracker, lookout, malware, security

Our very good friends over at Lookout Security have announced the discovery of a new piece of malware that’s harassing some Android users. GGTracker seems to be sneaking itself into a few users’ ads, and disguises itself as an Android Market installation screen. While relatively low-risk, it does have the potential to rack up some [...]

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Feb

2011

Android will own 80% of smartphone market predicts Kaspersky Co-Founder

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android os, antivirus, apple, blackberry, elop, Google, iOS, kaspersky, market share, microsoft, MWC, mwc2011, Nokia, own, rim, smartphones

In a statement made at MWC, Eugene Kaspersky (co-founder of Kaspersky Labs) said that he believes Android OS will consume 80% of teh smartphone market, leaving RIM and Apple to fight over the last 20% remaining, with Microsoft eating the crumbs off the table essentially. We know that Android has been hot and out-pacing many [...]

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Jan

2011

Lookout Technical Team Talks About Android Trojan, Mobile Security, App Genome Project

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, anti, antimalware, antispyware, antivirus, app, backup, call, contact, contacts, geinimi, Gemini, history, log, lookout, malware, mobile, photo, photos, security, spyware, trojan, virus

By now, I’m sure most of you have heard of Lookout Mobile Security. They’re a company that provides security application for mobile devices, like Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. Now, I’m a huge fan of Lookout. In fact, as we speak, I’m backing my pictures up to their servers from my HTC Evo. But we [...]

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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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Jul

2010

Suspicious Android apps may be stealing millions of users’ data

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, antivirus, app, apps, lookout, malicious, malware, virus

Alright, before you panic, let’s all calm down and take a look at what’s going on here. A security team named “Lookout”, who does have antivirus and anti-malware apps available for the Android platform, has said that there are a number of apps, all from the same developer, that are recording and sending out personal [...]

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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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