Mobile Security: Archive: January 2012

Version 2.0 adds control over app permissions, as well as call and text messaging filters.

The malware was found in 13 different apps on the Android Market.

The dual-core A5 chip presented a particular challenge to the hackers.

SE Android is designed to improve upon Android's application security model.

Intrepidus Group researchers recently discovered a way to listen in on the connection between the PlayBook and a BlackBerry smartphone.

According to Websense researchers, the method offers the 'ultimate URL obfuscator.'

Android.Qicsomos is a modified version of an open source solution designed to detect Carrier IQ on a mobile device.

Ade Barkah discovered that an incorrect time setting can enable photos to be viewed on a locked device.

Malware creators have begun poisoning Google search results for popular mobile applications.

The Corona jailbreak tool was developed by researcher pod2g.

The malware sends the phone model and number, Android version, and IMEI number to a remote server.