Have you recently had a call come through, that suspiciously only rang once, and had the urge to call back? If…
Tag: Mobile
Flappy Bird Downloads Lead To Surveys
Poor old Flappy Bird, YOU WERE GONE TOO SOON. However, he’s back! Sort of. Actually, he isn’t back at all because…
Ad2Store redirections: the latest annoyance for mobile users
Online ads can be very aggressive and disruptive, not to mention they often carry malicious payloads aka malvertising. You may have come…
The Rise of Android Scarevertising
Android scareware, in the form of mobile advertising pop-ups alert to a potential infection on your device, are on the rise….
WhatsApp gets Rogue Download Page
WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile apps today and is frequently targeted by malware, hackers and copycats. So it’s…
iOS Banking Apps Fail to Inspire Confidence
Mobile banking has become very popular due to convenient access to accounts and resources it provides. Many popular banks now have…
Vulnerability Found in Samsung’s Galaxy S4
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University’s security lab (BGU) discovered a vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S4’s Knox architecture. If exploited, the attacker…
Google Axed Android’s App Ops
One feature that could set Android apart from other mobile operating systems is to deny permissions of individual apps. Doing so…
Temporary Tech? Permanent Fail
Not so long ago, I went up a mountain. A mountain which, you may be interested to know, sits roughly 5,000…
Android Pop-ups Warn of Infection
We’ve recently encountered quite a few pop-ups saying our Android device is infected. These sites aren’t ones we’d expect to see…