Mobile

02/20/2018 - The threat situation has continued to be high in the past year, with over 3 million new Android malware samples discovered. 744,065 of these were discovered in the fourth quarter of 2017. This means that G DATA analysts are counting an average of 8,225 new malware samples for the Android operating system every day. Despite a slight drop in the total annual increase compared to the previous year,...

11/23/2017 - It is possible to gain access to an aircraft’s systems from the outside, according to a report from a team of DHS experts. For perhaps obvious reasons, any details about the attack are classified, but reports still leave a bitter aftertaste. In the end, things come down to money yet again.

11/16/2017 - The threat level for Android devices has increased again: G DATA security experts have counted 810.965 new malicious files in the third quarter of 2017. This constitutes a 17% increase in comparison to the previous quarter. Meanwhile, with a share of 73% in Q3, Android has become the most popular mobile operating system.

11/10/2017 - Everyone who has been tricked into purchasing a subscription via their mobile device knows how frustrating, expensive and tedious it can be to get out of it. A newly discovered malware is capable of purchasing dozens of those subscriptions without the user’s knowledge or consent, resulting in a nasty surprise when the next monthly invoice arrives.

09/29/2017 - A few days ago reports emerged about a collection of vulnerabilities on the Bluetooth protocol suite. Those allow an attacker to gain complete control over a vulnerable target device without the victim being aware of the attack. What are the consequences for users and how relevant are the examples?

04/27/2017 - The Android operating system clearly dominates the mobile market, with a share of around 72 percent. In Germany alone, around 67 percent of smartphone owners use a device with an Android operating system (source: Statcounter). G DATA security experts discovered over 750,000 new Android malware apps in the first quarter of 2017. That represents almost 8,400 new malware instances every day.

12/23/2016 - There were quite some changes in the area of malware, cyber crime, and IT security in 2016. At the same time the technological progress moved in giant leaps. Apart from desktop PCs and notebooks, smart and connected technologies have been established in both private and industrial environments. Read the predictions for the most important topics in the upcoming year.

12/06/2016 - The fact that there are many free apps on unofficial market platforms appeals to many users. This is especially true since a lot of the apps would cost money on Google Play. There is a downside to this, however, as recent findings about a new Android malware called "Gooligan" have shown.

10/28/2016 - Mobile devices, especially smartphones, are a very lucrative target for cyber criminals because they are a fixture of everyday private and working life. Researchers at VUSec Labs, the University of California and Graz University of Technology have succeeded in exploiting a security hole in Android smartphone hardware. The experts have called the attack vector “Deterministic Rowhammer” (Drammer for...

07/12/2016 - Some may still know the adorable little pocket critters that were all the rage in the late 90s. Now they’re back as an Augmented Reality game for smartphones. Attackers try to use the popularity of this brand new game for themselves and prey on impatient gamers who cannot wait for the game to be released: at least one malicious version of the app has been discovered.