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Reports are surfacing over the past couple of weeks regarding CyanogenMod’s plans for an app store. This venture would provide much needed income for the organization as well as providing a home for Google-banned apps. Koushik Dutta, a developer of the popular CyanogenMod firmware for Android, is tossing around the idea of a black market [...] The Defense Department is taking the point in the federal government’s campaign to deploy mobile devices. But in its role as trail blazer, DOD must also wrestle with a number of issues key to a successful rollout of approved smart phones and tablets. Among those issues are security, authentication and the logistics of [...] Threatpost deems Android security issues an “appropriately hyped” story of 2011 and suggests that security on Android will continue to be a concern in the year ahead. It’s that most un-wonderful time of the year: the time when everyone writes fluffy articles full of lists, retrospectives and look-aheads. Even we did it. Many [...] Good news for Nexus S users: Google is rolling out OTA upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. Early reviews are favorable. Installing Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus S is like getting a completely new phone. The device is smoother and most responsive, which you notice from the moment you start using it. The [...] A new and important milestone for Google’s Android mobile operating system. Some 10 billion applications have been downloaded from the Android Market to date. An impressive number and one that’s growing at a rapid pace. It took about 20 months for the Android Market to serve up it first billion apps and just [...] According to a member of Android-x86.org, Google’s Android 4.0 OS has been ported to work with x86 processors: The source code of Android 4.0.1, which is code-named Ice Cream Sandwich, is for developers and designed to work with tablets based on Advanced Micro Devices’ low-power x86 chips code-named Brazos, which are typically used [...] A flare up seems to be brewing between Google’s Chris DiBona and the mobile security industry: Malicious apps designed for the Android platform have seen a huge increase this year, worrying many a security expert. The popularity of the platform makes for a perfect target for cybercriminals who can make money (and lots [...]  December 1st, 2011 by teull
 1 commentThe big news du jour in mobile is the Carrier IQ “rootkit” publicized by researcher Trevor Eckhart and described in news stories like this one in The Register. As mobile forensic security researchers we were of course very concerned by this report. We’ve also been contacted by our clients and other companies to [...] Carrier IQ also linked to iPhones, but it’s function on iOS may be less extensive. To date, the user tracking controversy surrounding Carrier IQ has focused primarily on Android, but today details are surfacing that the company also may have hooks into Apple’s iOS. Well-known iPhone hacker Chpwn tweeted today that versions at [...] Last week, a researcher revealed that Carrier IQ software, installed on most Android phones, tracks and reports everything a user does. Carrier IQ denied much of his allegations. But now the researcher has released a video demonstrating his findings, making them pretty hard to dispute. Though the software is installed on most modern [...] |
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