Heads up, Android users, because your little green robot is about to get quite a bit more secure.
A new report from Computerworld has revealed that Google is planning to roll out an update to Google Play Services in the coming weeks that will beef up Android's Verify Apps feature. Verify Apps originally debuted with Android 4.2 in 2012 as a feature that checks new apps as they're installed to ensure that they don't contain any malicious code or other nastiness. Last year, Google rolled its Verify Apps feature out to...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014
Posted by Arslan Ahmad on 5:55 AM
Apple has shared some information around how Touch ID and its Secure Enclave keeps information private in an updated security document newly posted to its “iPhone in Business” microsite. The new info provides an inside look at how exactly the Secure Enclave generates and communicates encrypted and temporary identification information to the rest of the system to make sure that fingerprint data is never exposed to anything beyond itself.
Each Secure Enclave is provisioned during fabrication with its own UID (Unique ID) that is not...
Posted by Arslan Ahmad on 5:10 AM
Security researchers from Kaspersky Labs have spotted a new piece of malware targeting mobile devices running on the Android operating system that has the ability to cloak its origins, making it "impossible to shut down".
The malware, which Kaspersky calls "Backdoor.AndroidOS.Torec.a," has the ability to intercept SMS text messages sent on a smartphone and collect other data from the handset including the user's mobile number, the device's unique IMEI serial number and request GPS coordinates to identify where the device is currently located.
Hackers...
Friday, February 21, 2014
Posted by Arslan Ahmad on 7:20 AM
Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in messaging threat protection for communication service providers, today announced that Research Analyst Andrew Conway will facilitate a discussion on mobile threats and Android-related security concerns at the RSA Conference USA 2014. The conference, which will take place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif., from Feb. 24-27, gathers security industry leaders from around the world to explore information security’s most important issues.
Who: Andrew Conway, research analyst, CloudmarkWhat: Session:...
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