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• Android malware continues to rise

  14.05.2013

  The first quarter of 2013 was marked by firsts for Android malware that add complexity to the Android threat landscape.

• Font apps on Google Play deliver spyware

  13.05.2013

  Everybody should know by now that downloading apps from Google Play is not as safe as we all would like.

• Self-updating apps are now banned from Google Play

  29.04.2013

  Google has made added a short but very significant clause to its Google Play Developer Program Policies, banning apps downloaded from the official store to "modify, replace or update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play's update mechanism." The change is believed to have been provoked by Facebook's update to its official Android app that would allow the company to push out updates for it without going through Google Play and without asking the users' permission.

• Software for complex Android device security needs

  26.04.2013

  Wind River has introduced three Solution Accelerators for Android Security that allow developers to quickly begin working on security requirements for Android-based devices.

• Free Android mobile security app

  24.04.2013

  Android is an increasingly popular target for malware and SMiShing (SMS phishing).

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Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?

Posted on 15 May 2013.  |  The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.