Hackers are now using a critical vulnerability in Android to modify legitimate smartphone applications, putting users at risk of being spied on. Security vendor Symantec wrote on Tuesday that it found ...

Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone platforms are more secure than traditional desktop-based operating systems, but are still susceptible to many existing categories of attacks, according to a ...

Symantec has introduced an initiative called Norton Everywhere, designed to expand the company's security technology to safeguard smartphones, handle DNS-based web filtering and even protect connected ...

Symantec researcher Peter Coogan blogged about a new fraudulent application – Android.Steek – on the official Android Market spoofing a handful of popular games published under the name "Stevens Creek ...

Symantec Tuesday announced the release of its first enterprise-grade Android antivirus software. Dubbed Symantec Mobile Security for Android, the application builds on the consumer-focused Norton ...

Alert! Alert! Security software peddler Symantec has launched what may be the largest malware scare campaign ever conducted against Android users, researchers at the Android Power Labs have discovered ...

Symantec has discovered a new scam in two popular Android apps. Two apps with over 1.5 million downloads have been using a new scam method to stealthily click ads on users’ devices. These two apps ...

Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection. This ...

Google's latest update for its Android mobile OS appears to already have been subverted by hackers, according to the security vendor Symantec. Google’s latest update for its Android mobile OS appears ...

Google Android is one of the top operating systems for smartphones with a 43% market share. No wonder cybercriminals are starting to pay attention. A new Symantec report outlines the potential threats ...

Android has established itself as the cybercriminal's target of choice when it comes to mobile operating systems and can be considered the mobile world's equivalent to Windows. Kaspersky Labs reported ...

Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone platforms are more secure than traditional desktop-based operating systems, but are still susceptible to many existing categories of attacks, according toa ...