The threat to our mobile existence, or at least in the case of Android, is on the rise. At least according to a report from Norton, makers of Norton Anti-virus.
The company believes Android is an attractive target because of the following pre-requisites: “it’s open, ubiquitous and monetizable”. The Android malware threat will be experienced in several ways: premium billing rates, spyware, search engine poisoning, adware and pay-per installs.
Google has admitted that it removed “a number” of Android malware apps from the Android Market last week and has now used the remote kill switch built into Android to remove the offending apps from users devices. Google says the malware exploited vulnerabilities in Android that have been patched since Android 2.2.2. Google says it believes hackers were able to gather device-specific information including the unique identifier and the version of Android…
The snow might be blighting the buses, shutting the schools and being troublesome for trains but gadget news gets through whatever the weather. We’ll have our CES catch-up for you at 9.30 but first, sink your teeth into today’s Techie Breakie…
Conficker is the worm that’s scaring the bejesus out of the internet security community right now. Conficker, which is also known as Downadup and Kido, has been spreading like wildfire through the internet and most scarily of all, no one knows what it’s planning. Dum dum duuuuuum.
Today was supposed to be a major landmark in Conficker’s evil scheme, but has so far passed without incident.
The ‘Curse of Silence‘ – a bug in Nokia S60 phones that can allow a malicious SMS to stop your phone receiving any future messages – is potentially a real headache for Nokia owners. Nobody wants to do a hard reset of their phone (the ‘official’ cure for the problem).
Oh dear, this doesn’t sound good. Security researchers have uncovered a serious vulnerability that affects Nokia Series 60 phones (e.g. the N95, N73, etc) and can stop your mobile from receiving any SMS or MMS messages.
