A Chinese group has engineered an Android-based malware campaign that may have ensnared as many as 85 million Android devices and, more importantly, generating an estimated $1 million every three months. According to security software and services Check Point, the Yingmob gang—which they have been watching for five months—is sophisticated, well-staffed, and extremely profitable. The […]
On the cusp of the new Android N (Nougat) OS update release, it turns out there is a full disk encryption breach which can be broken through brute force. It can also take immense patience, but a determined hacker may be able to strip away, layer by layer, the encryption protections on all smartphones powered […]
Just when it seemed that the Android tablet market was on its way up, the market is already shifting. Perhaps it has a little to do with the slight decline of the PC and the relative failure of the Windows phone; and so Microsoft has been scrambling to make sure they remain relevant in such […]
BlackBerry was once regarded as an elite mobile device. Featuring a keyboard and a trackball, the family of devices were the perfect mobile tool for busy professionals. They became more accessible to the every day user, of course, but as the mobile industry evolved, BlackBerry had to take a backseat to the far more advanced […]
Samsung Electronics ramped its strategy of smartphones up on Thursday, with its unveiling of the new Galaxy S6 Edge+ as well as the Note 5 at its glitzy all-out event held at Lincoln Center in New York City. Like its predecessor the S6 Edge, the new edge+ has edges on both sides that are curved, […]
A security researcher has found an easily exploitable way to hack into phones operating on the Android operating system. Joshua Drake, vice president of platform research and exploitation at Zimperium, a mobile security firm, found that many Android phones are susceptible to hacking through a specially crafted multimedia message (MMS). The vulnerabilities are present in […]
Mobile app advertising in the United States has evolved into a huge business worth an estimated $20 billion annually. As the business expands, mobile ad fraud is becoming more prevalent, costing advertisers upwards of $1 billion each year. Fraud-detection firm Forensiq has released a new report showing that as much as $1 billion of advertising […]
Android recently provided mobile users with a patch intended to repair a security hole within the operating system called Stage Fright but now, a flaw in that fix has been discovered. Just last month, as many as one billion Android phones were at risk because of vulnerability. Software researchers made that information known to the […]
After much anticipation, a launch date has finally been set for the release of Samsung Pay. Going up against its competition to include Google and Apple, Samsung now has its own payment system designed to work with the older style credit card readers. With this, consumers can make in-person purchases at retail stores using their […]