Security researchers plan to demonstrate a rootkit running on an Android-based smartphone that could give an intruder full access to all the functions of the device. Nicholas Percoco and Christian ...

Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious “rootkit” program they’ve written for Google’s Android phone next month ...

Malware, Trojans, and spyware are quite common in the mobile world, especially when we speak about the Android mobile operating system. While we have been listening to stories related to Android ...

There’s security news of a new clickjacking rootkit floating around; it attacks Android Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) as well as older Android platforms that could be exploited by clickjacking ...

Many of you are probably familiar with the concept of rootkits – malicious software that lurks hidden at a low-level on your Windows or Unix computer, remaining undetected by conventional anti-virus ...

IT security researchers Nicholas Percoco and Christian Papathanasiou demonstrated what they claim is the first rootkit for Android. Their aim was to show how slight the obstacles to the development of ...

A data-logging software company is seeking to squash an Android developer's critical research into its software that is secretly installed on millions of phones, but Trevor Eckhart is refusing to ...

Researchers have developed a rootkit that can manipulate and steal data from Android applications. The rootkit swapped the phone’s web browser with one that stole user data and could be similarly used ...

Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel. He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets. Xuxian ...

The latest version of Android from Google, version 4.4 or KitKat, is packed with better graphics handling, a streamlined footprint to run on less RAM, and a new way to handle apps. What did Google do ...

Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious "rootkit" program they've written for Google's Android phone next month ...