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Most Android security threats would be blocked if phones ran latest version
2013-06-26 16:11:40| InfoWorld: Top News
Over three quarters of Android threats are malicious apps that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers and could be mitigated by a protection feature present in Android 4.2, according to researchers from networking vendor Juniper Networks. However, because manufacturers and carriers fail to update Android end user devices in a timely fashion, only 4 percent of devices currently run Android 4.2, even though this version was released more than six months ago.
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Samsung delays launch of Knox Android security software
2013-04-26 00:06:28| InfoWorld: Top News
Samsung has pushed back the launch of its Knox security software for Galaxy Android smartphones until summer, according to a New York Times report that claims more testing is needed before Knox finds its way into people's hands.
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Security researchers identify email attack distributing Android malware
2013-03-26 17:45:50| InfoWorld: Top News
Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab have identified a targeted email attack against human rights and political activists that distributed a custom Android Trojan app with information-stealing capabilities.
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How to bypass an Android smartphones encryption and security: Put it in the freezer
2013-03-12 19:40:28| Extremetech
Security researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany have shown that they can extract photos, surfing history, and contact lists from Android smartphones, even if the phone is locked and the disk is encrypted. There is a caveat, though: As the name suggests, you need to put the phone in the freezer first.
Apple marketing chief jabs Android security on Twitter
2013-03-07 23:53:30| CNET News.com
Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller takes to Twitter to take a not so subtle jab at the security of Google's Android platform. [Read more]
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