With the introduction of Android v8.0 (Android Oreo) in August of 2017, among other OS improvements Google introduced its built-in malware protection for Android call Play Protect (dependent on Google Play Services 11 or later). Play Protect checks apps and APK files downloaded from Google Play or third-party sources, using real-time and on-demand scanners, while…
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Tips to utilizing app permissions in the world’s most popular mobile operating system. – by Ian Grutze, Senior Global Product Manager Mobile devices are amazing tools that can enrich your life in many ways. Need to solve a problem…? There’s probably an app for that. As these devices mature, and as we weave them into our daily…
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In the Trend Micro 2016 Security Predictions report, “The Fine Line,” our CTO, Raimund Genes predicted the following: China will drive mobile malware growth to 20M by the end of 2016; globally, mobile payment methods will be attacked. Let’s discuss this and put some perspective around the information to help you understand what is happening…
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When you bank online using your Android smartphone, you’d think the bank’s own app would be the best way to connect securely to your account. And it is—if it’s really the bank’s own app. But what if it isn’t? What if it’s a fake? And how would you know? In 2013 and 14, more than…
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Trend Micro researchers are now disclosing additional details about one of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-3824) in the so-called “Stagefright” cluster affecting Android users. The “Stagefright” vulnerability is actually a marketing label for a cluster of seven individual vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities in this cluster, CVE-2015-3824, was independently discovered by Trend Micro’s research team at the…
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Security researchers are reporting new, serious vulnerabilities that, they claim, affect 95 percent of the Android phones out there. If that’s not alarming enough, according to the researchers, these vulnerabilities allow attackers to take complete control of your phone with zero interaction—you just need to receive a specially-made multimedia message (MMS). They’re calling this cluster…
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There’s another vulnerability affecting the Android platform that this week once again raises the question: am I vulnerable? Researchers from NowSecure announced at Black Hat in London this week a vulnerability affecting the SwiftKey keyboard on Android. The biggest concern is for Samsung Galaxy phones which install the SwiftKey keyboard by default and allow it…
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The more our lives become dependent on mobile devices like Android smartphones, the more important it is to have mobile security to protect them and our digital lives. This is not just a concern for the future, but affects many users today in ways they could never have anticipated. Recently, Trend Micro researchers found a…
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