Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious "rootkit" program they've written for Google's Android phone next month ...

There’s security news of a new clickjacking rootkit floating around; it attacks Android Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) as well as older Android platforms that could be exploited by clickjacking ...

Malware, Trojans, and spyware are quite common in the mobile world, especially when we speak about the Android mobile operating system. While we have been listening to stories related to Android ...

Security researchers plan to demonstrate a rootkit running on an Android-based smartphone that could give an intruder full access to all the functions of the device. Nicholas Percoco and Christian ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a prototype rootkit for Google’s Android operating system that can “clickjack” users into launching malicious applications when they ...

IT security researchers Nicholas Percoco and Christian Papathanasiou demonstrated what they claim is the first rootkit for Android. Their aim was to show how slight the obstacles to the development of ...

Defcon hacking conference will feature an Android rootkit that can be activated by a phone call or SMS message and enables attackers to siphon data Once it’s installed on the Android phone, the ...

Carrer IQ apologized yesterday in a statement (PDF) and backed down from its legal threats. "As, of today, we are withdrawing our cease and desist letter to Mr. Trevor Eckhart. We have reached out to ...

Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel. He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets. Xuxian ...

Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious “rootkit” program they’ve written for Google’s Android phone next month ...