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Posted Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 9:56 am by Antonio Wells 3 Comments
Recently, anti-virus & anti-malware company Symantec alerted the public of Android.Counterclank and categories it as a very low threat Trojan that steals personal information; which infected more than 5 million people. Mobile threat and anti-virus company Lookout posted in a blog post and disagreed with the assessment. They felt it was "an aggressive form of ad network and should be taken seriously."Read Full Article
Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 11:05 am by Antonio Wells 0 Comments![Mobile Threat Tracker app Visualizes on Timeline [Video]](http://cdn.androidtapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Mobile-Threat-Tracker-2.png){kind=tracking}
Lookout, the folks behind one of the leading mobile security apps, released Mobile Threat Tracker, a visualization app that shows users who are affected and protected by mobile vulnerabilities. It does so with cool particle effects on the globe represented over a timeline you can scroll from days past to the present. Furthermore, you can see to threats in the wild and learn more about their symptoms.Read Full Article
Posted Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 at 3:27 pm by Toni McQuilken 0 Comments
Lookout Mobile Security extended its protection to all Android tablets and the iPad. Since launching in 2009, Lookout has protected 12 million smartphone users against mobile threats including malware, spyware and viruses. Now, it is extending the same functionality to all tablet devices, including all Honeycomb & Ice Cream Sandwich Android devices, in addition to those that are Wi-Fi only.Read Full Article
Posted Thursday, October 13th, 2011 at 2:31 pm by Toni McQuilken 0 Comments
According to a story in the Chicago Tribune, a young man or boy, using a sawed-off shotgun, threatened several people on a train platform and demanded they turn over their phones. No one was hurt, fortunately, and according to the story, the police have the suspect in custody, although they declined to say how they identified him.Read Full Article
Posted Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 at 8:01 am by Antonio Wells 0 Comments
Lookout, mobile security software firm, today launched Mobile Threat Network, a platform that automatically detect threats and offers protection for mobile app stores to avert users unknowingly downloading malicious apps. Verizon V Cast customers will be the first to receive the protection, other app stores can tap into this feature as well with their API. I have personally spoken numerous times with the founders of Lookout and expressed my own frustration with detecting malware with mobile apps; noting the general consumer is not aware of what they are downloading and more important are unaware smartphones are even capable of getting viruses. I'm impressed to see them implementing a solution that is more proactive about 'piece of mind' app shopping. I equate it to Google's superior spam and malware filtering in Gmail, whereas, it just should be an advocate in the background protecting your personal information.Read Full Article
Posted Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 8:41 am by Antonio Wells 0 Comments
Lookout, mobile security firm, caught the nasty little booger named DroidDreamLight over the weekend trying to steal unsuspecting consumers personal information. The lighter variant of DroidDream, which according to Lookout could possibly be from the same camp, was found in more than twenty Android apps in the Market. When an incoming voice call is received the Trojan is able to contact remote servers and supplies the IMEI, IMSI, Model, SDK Version and information about installed packages. It also is capable of downloading and prompting installation of new packages, though unlike its predecessors it is not capable of doing so without user intervention, according to Lookout.Read Full Article
Posted Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 7:30 am by Antonio Wells 1 Comments
We received word from LookOut, mobile security firm, about the nasty deeds the Trojan DroidDream was doing when recently placed and yanked from the official Android Market. They considered it to be a powerful zombie agent that can install any applications silently and execute code with root privileges at will. "Additionally, the malware is very aptly named – it was configured to only run in the evening (from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.) -- a time when the owner of an infected device would most likely be sleeping and not notice any strange behaviors on the phone."Read Full Article
Posted Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 at 3:12 pm by Antonio Wells 1 Comments
As much slack commenters give Lookout Mobile Security in the comments of our Android app review, here's a testimony of how this app shines! The New Jersey resident had the app installed on his phone when robbed of his car at gunpoint and quickly used Lookout's online tool to locate the the phone and car, in which the location was given to police for a swift arrest and recovery.Read Full Article
Posted Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 9:55 pm by Antonio Wells 4 Comments
Posted Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 8:35 am by Antonio Wells 0 Comments
We have the final verdict, Google has removed the suspension placed on Android wallpaper apps falsely accused of spyware and stealing sensitive user data. Last week VentureBeat incorrectly reported wallpaper Android apps stole sensitive user data from millions who downloaded the app and sent the information to a website in China based on research mobile security firm Lookout revealed at a Blackhat hackers conference. VentureBeat later went on to correct some of the information, by that time of correction it was too late as worldwide media inaccurately reported the facts.Read Full Article
Posted Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 8:27 am by Antonio Wells 28 Comments![Android Wallpaper Apps Falsely Accused of Spyware and Stealing Sensitive User Data [FUD]](http://cdn.androidtapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Android-Wallpaper-Apps-Falsely-Accused-of-Spyware-and-Stealing-Sensitive-User-Data-FUD.jpg)
Wow! A recent VentureBeat article put the blogosphere and smartphone industry on its heels when a reported score of wallpaper Android apps were accused of being malicious. The wallpaper apps created by "jackeey,wallpaper" and "IceskYsl@1sters!" are indeed the same developer under separate accounts, and accused of sending private sensitive user data to servers in China to a website www.imnet.us. The worse part about all of this is no one, I mean no one fact checked accurately. VentureBeat, The Wall Street Journal, CNET, Fast Company, Fortune, PC World, Computerworld, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, etc. the list goes on and on and everybody jumped the gun in reporting the issue. No one asked the developer about it nor really looked into the methods Lookout used in building it’s report called the App Genome Project.Read Full Article
Posted Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 at 12:00 pm by Joesph Ross 51 Comments
Lookout Mobile Security. Features: AntiVirus; Blocks viruses & malware, Scans memory card to stop viruses from phone to PC, Ad free! Backs ups Contacts, photos, call history, Access data online, Missing Device, Locates phone on map, Activates loud alarm. Price: FreeRead Full Article
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