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Not a month goes by without security researchers finding new malicious apps on Google Play. According to BitDefender, more than one percent ...

As much as Google makes a good effort to remove such apps from the store, it still takes some time to spot them. In the meantime, the copycat developers manage to earn themselves enough money to continue doing this and to earn themselves a living.

LinkedIn has acknowledged the password database posted online appears to be from their network. 60% of the passwords have already been discovered and we are still seeing very poor password choices ...

Oops! LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) has been caught copying sensitive data from users' iOS and Android calendars, allegedly without permission. Some say the data are sent in plain text. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers posit another post-PC pandemonium.

Read more, A MUST:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/20270/linkedin_leaks_private_data_unencrypted

Instagram, the popular free photo sharing app for iOS devices, is now available for download for Android users on Google Play and Instagram's website.

Unfortunately, a rogue malicious version of it is also being pushed onto Russian Android users, offered from a webpage that mimics the legitimate one:

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A new edition of the Google Play app (Android's equivalent to the iOS App Store) appears to be preparing to add anti-virus functionality to the mobile operating system.

Read more, a MUST:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/12/google-scanning-android-malware/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=status%2Bmessage&utm_campaign=naked%2Bsecurity

Die Sicherheitsexperten von G-Data haben einen neuen Android-Schädling entdeckt, der selbstständig kostenpflichtige Apps herunterlädt.

G-Data empfiehlt zum Schutz von solchen und ähnlichen Schädlingen die Installation einer Sicherheitslösung auf dem mobilen Gerät. Außerdem sollte das Gerät und die darauf installierten Applikationen immer aktuell gehalten werden, um so auch vor bereits bekannten und geschlossenen Sicherheitslücken geschützt zu sein. Grundsätzlich sollten Apps nur aus vertrauenswürdigen Quellen heruntergeladen und installiert werden. Dazu zählen etwa Google Play und die Marktplätze der Hersteller.

In diesem Artikel finden Sie weitere Tipps, wie Sie ein Android-Gerät absichern können:

- http://www.pcwelt.de/ratgeber/Sicherheit-fuer-Android-So-schuetzen-Sie-das-Android-Betriebssystem-6078873.html

Although not yet confirmed by the business-networking website, it is being widely speculated that over six million passwords belonging to LinkedIn users have been compromised.

Read more:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/06/06/millions-of-linkedin-passwords-reportedly-leaked-take-action-now/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=gcluley&utm_campaign=naked%2Bsecurity

IBM announced new software to help organizations develop mobile applications that are more secure by design. Now, clients can build security into the initial design of their mobile applications so that vulnerabilities will be detected early in the development process.

Read more:

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13038

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===> The Independent IT-Security Institute... <===

Over the past year, the popularity of the Android system has led to a huge increase in the distribution of Android malware (see fig. 1).

This malware is mainly distributed in markets operated by third parties, but even the Google Android Market cannot guarantee that all of its listed applications do not contain any threats.

===> Users should no longer blindly trust all apps. <===

A large range of protection programmes that can help to identify dangerous apps and remove them from a user's device are now available.