TrustPort Mobile Security for Android

TrustPort announced the launch of a new anti-virus solutions for devices running on the Android.

"TrustPort Mobile Security for Android uses powerful technology with its own scanning engine. Our developers have an extensive database of virus samples and malicious web pages, so we can provide our customers with quality protection for their mobile devices from malware and other types of attacks, "- said Paul Mrnustik, CEO of TrustPort." The new development will also be evaluated and parents. If a child on a mobile device installed our application, parents can always see the location of your child, thanks to the geo-targeting - adds Pavel Mrnustik.

Detected a malicious application for Android-devices

The network detected a malicious application «London Olympics Widget» for Android-devices

Tags: Android, Olympic Games, the application
When installed on a user's device, the application gets access to your contacts, text messages, as well as steals ID-device and the data about its location.

Webroot's experts have found application for mobile devices based on Android, which supposedly allows users to view news about the Olympic Games 2012, which currently take place in London.

Android in danger - some serious vulnerabilities

At the Black Hat hacker conference in 2012 on the protection of information professionals from various companies and government agencies showed the audience some very dangerous vulnerabilities in the popular mobile platform Android. In particular, it was shown to bypass the security systems in the official application store, in the short-range wireless communication technology NFC and in older versions of the operating system itself.

Experts from the division of Trustwave SpiderLabs demonstrate the problem in the technology Bouncer, which is used for automatic analysis of the applications submitted for publication in the App Store. Due to still resolve the issue, attackers can bypass the protection and introduce arbitrary code on almost any Android-device. The result is a serious risk that the next application that will be all the stages of selection and will be published in Play Market, would be harmful.

Safe use of Android devices

Today, viruses are a global threat (apart from the fact that each user at least once faced with the threat of some kind, they even penetrated into the most highly secured system of important strategic sites), but few who are aware of the fact that they always us - in our favorite cellphones.