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Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 09:04:00 -0700

Google’s Chrome OS is far more powerful and versatile than most folks realize — and one of the platform’s greatest strengths over traditional desktop OSes is its deceptively simple approach to security.

Chromebooks, you see, make security almost entirely automatic and thought-free from a user’s perspective. The devices receive regular behind-the-scenes updates with no action required on your behalf; they utilize sandboxing to keep every page and application in its own isolated environment; and their software relies on a special hardware-connected setup that ensures every computer is always running tamper-free and official Google software every time it powers up.

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ComputerWorld Independent

June 8, 2017 admin

How to fix Android's Smart Lock Trusted Places feature

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:33:00 -0700

Android’s Smart Lock feature is spectacular — that is, when it actually works.

Smart Lock has been around since 2014’s Android 5.0 era. The basic idea behind it is to make securing your smartphone less inconvenient, thus making it more likely that you’ll actually use a pattern, PIN, or passcode to keep your data safe. The sensational headlines about big, bad malware monsters lurking in the dark and waiting to pounce on unsuspecting victims may be scary, after all — but here in the real world, you’re far more likely to suffer from your own self-made security shortcomings than from any sort of theoretical threat.

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QuickHeal Security

June 5, 2017 admin

Watch out for Android Ransomware – It’s rising!

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:39:16 +0000

It’s not only PC ransomware that you should be worrying about. Android ransomware too is on the rise… Android ransomware has grown by 200% according to the study done by Quick Heal Security Labs for its Q1 Threat Report. Click here to read the full report Android ransomware work in…

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Kaspersky Security

June 2, 2017 admin

Cloak and Dagger: A hole in Android

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 16:38:50 +0000

How a couple of simple permissions let an application steal passwords, log user actions, and do many other nasty things.

QuickHeal Security

May 31, 2017 admin

Google Play apps hit by Judy Malware

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 06:48:43 +0000

It’s turning out to be a bad month for the digital world. While the world is recovering from the WannaCry Ransomware outbreak, we now have a new malware on the loose and it is targeting Android devices. The malware is called Judy and it has infected around 41 apps in…

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Kaspersky Security

May 24, 2017 admin

Ztorg Trojan: Infect yourself for 5 cents

Credit to Author: John Snow| Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:00:04 +0000

Applications that offer to pay you for installing other applications tend to shove malware at you.

MalwareBytes Security

May 22, 2017 admin

Mobile Menace Monday: Ransomware targets Tencent users

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 14:00:31 +0000

Because Android ransomware is on the raise, users should be extra cautious.

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Security Sophos

May 18, 2017 admin

Android assediato dal malware – ecco come proteggere il vostro smartphone

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:01:05 +0000

Android assediato dal malware – ecco come proteggere il vostro smartphone Il SophosLabs Malware Forecast 2017 ha segnalato che le infezioni su smartphone stanno balzando alle stelle, in particolar modo per quanto riguarda i dispositivi Android. L’ultimo rapporto sulle minacce di Nokia conferma tale valutazione, mostrando come il malware mobile si sia diffuso più velocemente […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=2248&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/UXnoG2yuWgs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>