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Google Play Removes 16 Apps Tied to Clicker Malware

SecureWorld News

Google Play has removed 16 apps from its app store after the McAfee Mobile Research Team alerted the company to Clicker malware associated with the apps, affecting 20 million people who installed the apps. Like so many mobile malware schemes, the apps profess to be helpful to users, providing a handy tool or time-saving utility.

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Malware-loaded Google Play app with 100,000 downloads caught stealing Facebook passwords

TechSpot

Researchers at French mobile security company Pradeo revealed that the app, Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools, contained a version of an Android trojan malware called Facestealer.

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Free Smartwatches Are Vector to Hit Military Personnel with Malware

SecureWorld News

Army's Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is urging military personnel to be on the lookout for unsolicited, suspicious smartwatches in the mail, warning that the devices could be rigged with malware. You're compromising your personal and/or professional data with malware." These products may also be used for Brushing.

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Government Employees at High Risk for Mobile Phishing

SecureWorld News

New research from Lookout reveals the most common mobile threats aimed at federal, state, and local government agencies and their employees—all of which have increased since 2021. The report from Lookout, an endpoint to cloud security company, used the Lookout Security Graph to analyze data specific to government agencies at all levels.

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5 reasons to shift from Flash to HTML5 for Mobile Learning

Kitaboo

Besides, it could easily be misused by malware developers. In fact, in one of his articles, he said, “new open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and on PCs too)”. HTML5 has made access to mobile learning (M-Learning) easy. Though easily available, Flash was 100% proprietary.

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Millions of Android users beware: Alibaba’s UC Browser can be used to deliver malware

CTOvision

UC Browser, a hugely popular mobile browser from Alibaba-owned UCWeb, has a design flaw that allows attackers to swap out downloads from the company’s servers with files from any server on the internet, according to researchers at Russian security firm Dr. Web.

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Disaster Recovery for Mobile Users

IT Toolbox

Companies had a security strategy in case their computers were infected by malware or a flood swamped the office, damaging monitors and processors. Now, more brands are investing in mobile disaster recovery -- a contingency plan for mobile continuity after an emergency. Disaster recovery used to be the domain of desktops.