The first mobile encryptor Trojan

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

In the middle of May a unique encryption Trojan that works on Android went on sale on a virus writers’ forum. The asking price - $5,000. A few days later on May 18, we saw the appearance of a new mobile encryptor Trojan in the wild that we detect as ...

iOS 8 to randomize devices vulnerable to Wi-Fi tracking

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

A rumored privacy upgrade for iOS users is on the way, which would help anonymize devices searching for available Wi-Fi networks. Over the weekend, Swiss researcher Frederic Jacobs first took note of the plans on Twitter. The feature is expected to be implemented in Apple devices running iOS 8. “iOS 8 randomises ...

Experts Discover File-Encrypting Android Ransomware

Thursday, June 5th, 2014

Security vendor ESET claims to have discovered the first ever piece of file-encrypting Android ransomware, which has an associated C&C server hosted on a TOR domain to hide its location.The malware, detected by the vendor as 'Android/Simplocker', is most likely a work in progress as the implementation of the encryption ...

Spotify: Important Notice to Our Users

Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

We’ve become aware of some unauthorized access to our systems and internal company data and we wanted to let you know the steps we’re taking in response. As soon as we were aware of this issue we immediately launched an investigation. Information security and data protection are of great importance ...

Free privacy and security scans with McAfee Mobile Security

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

McAfee announced the latest version of McAfee Mobile Security that now enables consumers to run free privacy and security scans. These scans allow users to identify apps that are oversharing personal information. It also scans for and removes malware and looks for other security threats. McAfee makes it simple for users ...