LeNa has been seen on alternative Android markets and not Google Play, so its spread will be limited to people who risk those exchanges, particularly Chinese users, Lookout said in a blog post. The malware masquerades as a legitimate app, and the latest version can appear as a fully functional copy of the recently released Angry Birds Space, among other apps.
The original version … Read more
That's according to new data released today by mobile security firm Lookout, whose service includes a feature that helps people locate lost or stolen smartphones. The company, which boasts 15 million users worldwide, located nine million lost iPhones or Android-based devices for people last year, or one phone every 3.5 … Read more
Lookout Mobile Security's latest project app peels away some of the secrecy and uncertainty surrounding mobile threats. Debuting today, the Threat Tracker provides information about mobile threats going back two weeks.
The app is meant to help people understand that mobile threats do exist, explained Derek Halliday, senior product manager for Security at Lookout. "We're showing people what they're being protected against," he said. It was originally created by a Lookout summer intern in 2011.
Here's how it works. Tap the home screen that opens when the app launches, and the app jumps to … Read more
The number of malicious apps mobile security firm Lookout has identified in less than six months has doubled to 1,000, according to a report from Lookout to be released tonight.
The vast majority of those dubious apps are found on third-party app stores and alternatives to the official Android Market, the company said.
"2011 has seen the emergence of a credible field of Android malware with a 4 percent yearly likelihood of an Android user encountering malware, which was a significant increase compared to the beginning of the year. In the beginning of 2011 we measured a 1 … Read more
Lookout is warning Android users in Europe about a slew of apps that showed up on the Android Market in the last week that aren't what they appear to be.
Google has removed 22 apps and suspended the developer accounts, a Google spokesman confirmed to CNET today.
The apps were purporting to be free versions of legitimate games or wallpaper. Instead, they appeared designed to do nothing more than charge premium SMS toll rates on European phones, Lookout said today. The rates are buried several levels deep within the terms of service, and users may not realize that they … Read more
The world still seems to be sorting out whether Carrier IQ helps improve your smartphone experience or is some sort of privacy antichrist, but in the meantime there's an increasing number of tools to determine whether it's on your phone.
The venerable Lookout Labs--maker of a popular Android antivirus--most recently released a free app to detect if the allegedly malicious keylogging, activity-, and location-tracking process is running on your Android smartphone. … Read more
One of the odd quirks about the Lookout Mobile Security app for Android (download) has been that it required a cell phone number to install. Those days are over, as Lookout released today an Android version of its app that will work on phones and tablets running Android 1.5 or later. The security app also will work on Apple devices running iOS 4.0 and up.
It was very difficult, if not impossible, to run earlier versions of Lookout on a tablet because the app's activation process and other device recognition protocol were done via text message. The … Read more
Lookout Mobile Security revealed a free app for the iPhone and iPad today, porting some of its security tools from Android in its first moves to attract customers of Apple's mobile operating system.
Lookout for iOS (download) brings some mobile-specific security enhancements, such as a System Advisor, Contacts Backup, and Missing Device tools, but it lacks a scan for malicious apps and other traditional app or program-based local threats.
This is by design, Kevin Mahaffey, Lookout's chief technology officer, said last week in an interview at the CNET office in San Francisco. "How do we create a … Read more
When writing a weekly column about the apps business, it's easy to get caught up in the new opportunities, capabilities, and trends emerging in this burgeoning area. It's equally easy to forget they come with new threats.
These threats, which include rogue apps that can swipe your personal data or steal passwords for your bank accounts, are real and growing.
A recent study conducted by security software provider McAfee found that that amount of malicious software, also known as malware, targeting Android had jumped 76 percent since the previous quarter, a remarkable rise in just three months. At … Read more
LAS VEGAS--If you've got an Android you are 2.5 times more likely to encounter malware on the device today than six months ago, while mobile users have a 30 percent likelihood of clicking on a malicious link, according to a report released today from mobile security firm Lookout.
Those figures are based on detection rates from Lookout users on Android, but not the iPhone, however the rates are presumed to be about the same, according to Lookout.
"This number is likely so high because users on mobile devices often encounter threats targeting PCs--people read email, Facebook messages, … Read more
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