Category Archives: Mobile security

Users of mobile devices have unique security and privacy concerns to contend with.

“Android Malware” – Thre@t Reply(video)

December 12, 2011 – 1:30 pm

By Armando Orozco Are Android phones susceptible to Trojans and other viruses just like computer? How can you make sure your phone doesn’t become infected and if it does, what can you do? Webroot mobile threat research analyst, Armando Orozco answers this question that was asked to our Webroot Threat Research team via Twitter.

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Android, Threat Research, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Reflections on mobile security

November 21, 2011 – 10:00 am

By Armando Orozco Be wary the next time you enter your passcode into your iPhone on the bus – someone could be shoulder surfing. In fact, a team of researchers from the University of North Carolina has developed a system to watch you pecking out characters on your phone, analyse the video, and produce a [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Android, Keyloggers, malware, social engineering, Threat Research | Comments (4)

‘Tis the season for mobile malware

November 18, 2011 – 11:25 am

By Armando Orozco You’ve heard of the “perfect storm”? Well, there may be one brewing in Android-land. We just wrapped up a study that revealed holiday shopping is about to go mobile—in a big way. Turns out, over two times more shoppers plan to buy gifts on their mobile device this year. Over two times [...]

By Armando Orozco | Also posted in Android, Online shopping threats, social engineering | Leave a Comment

Top 7 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2012

November 17, 2011 – 3:00 am

By Mel Morris From Stuxnet to Sony, a number of cyberattacks emerged in 2011 that experts have predicted for quite some time. I predict 2012 will be even more pivotal, thrusting cybersecurity into the spotlight. These are my top seven forecasts for the year ahead: 1) Targeted, zero-day attacks will be the norm. Looking back [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Deep Knowledge, Internet security industry, Threat Research | Comments (5)

I don’t think it means what you think it means…

November 4, 2011 – 3:07 pm

Websites Hosting Android Trojans   By Armando Orozco and  Nathan Collier Rogue Android apps are making their way into alternative markets. Yes, we’ve seen some malicious apps trickle through and they can be elusive. But we’re now seeing markets that are only hosting malware. These rogues are of the premium rate SMS variety and request [...]

By Armando Orozco | Also posted in Android, Uncategorized | Comments (4)

HTC acknowledges security flaw, plans update to fix

October 5, 2011 – 1:10 pm

By Armando Orozco A couple of days ago researchers for Android Police wrote about a security vulnerability in several HTC phones. The vulnerability lies with logging tools installed by HTC. These logging tools collect personal data like user accounts, email addresses, GPS info and SMS data. Having these tools logging users data is one thing [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Android | Comments (4)

Five Summer Travel Security Tips

June 24, 2011 – 3:16 pm

By Andrew Brandt Ah, summer. Beaches, drinks with little umbrellas, 4th of July fireworks, baseball games, reading long cheesy novels in a lounge chair, teleconferencing with colleagues from your hotel room in Aruba. Wait, what? Yes, it’s true. It takes serious discipline to travel without schlepping along a laptop, smartphone, digital camera, MP3 player, portable [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Firefox, Google Chrome, hijack search results, Internet Explorer, Threat Research, Trojans | Comments (2)

Android ‘Angry Birds’ Malware Contains Bot-like Code

June 10, 2011 – 9:05 am

By Andrew Brandt Most of yesterday, Threat Research Analyst Armando Orozco and I took a closer look at a piece of malware discovered by a university security researcher, Xuxian Jiang of North Carolina State. The malicious code, which the malware creator named Plankton, is embedded into a number of apps that were briefly posted to [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Android, Backdoors, Botnet activity, Downloaders, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Comments (15)

Chinese Android Trojan Texts Premium Numbers

May 11, 2011 – 12:42 pm

By Andrew Brandt and Armando Orozco A Trojaned application that displays a cutesy image of a 2011 calendar on an Android device’s desktop comes with a nasty surprise: The app sends text messages to a premium service that charges the phone’s owner money. As first reported by the Taiwan-based AegisLab, a single developer, which went [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in adware, Android, Dialers, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Comments (1)

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

February 15, 2011 – 9:22 am

By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director The cloud delivery model gives vendors a great amount of power. It is easier to create, deploy, maintain and enhance a service than it has been at any other point in computing history. Just look at Facebook, which grew to 500 million members in a very short period of [...]

By imoyse | Also posted in Destructive behavior, Enterprises, phishing, Search engines | Comments (2)
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