Voice changer or voice charger?

This week, the AVG Mobilation™ research team found a new instance of malware named ‘Voice Changer’ in the Android market. Fortunately, after our Security research team reported this to Google. They suspended the app for violating the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement.   The developer’s page in the Android market looks like the following:   The [...]

Google removes malicious applications after 14,000 downloads

Malicious apps were uploaded to Google’s Android Market at the weekend.

Google removes malicious applications after 14,000 downloads

Malicious apps were uploaded to Google’s Android Market at the weekend.

Bug may enable remote code execution in #Chrome

Google Chrome contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to silently execute remote code on a victim’s machine outside of the browser’s built-in sandbox protections, according to researchers at Slovenia-based Acros Security.

Bug may enable remote code execution in #Chrome

Google Chrome contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to silently execute remote code on a victim’s machine outside of the browser’s built-in sandbox protections, according to researchers at Slovenia-based Acros Security.

Security patch for iTunes fills a whopping 79 holes.

Apple has just released iTunes v10.5 in preparation for the impending release of their latest operating system iOS5. The patch not only includes support for iCloud and wireless syncing, but importantly contains a slew of security fixes for the Windows version of the ubiquitous media player. The patch fixes 79 vulnerabilities of which 73 are within WebKit, the HTML [...]

Chrome update closes security holes and supports new Flash

Google has released a “critical” maintenance and security update for Chrome, now in version 14.0.835.202 and is available across all supported platforms. Included in this update is support for the new Flash Player 11 release and boasts fixes for a total of nine known vulnerabilities in the Chrome platform. Among the security fixes that have [...]

Microsoft flags Google Chrome as Zeus

Microsoft has been hit by ‘false positive’ hell, as it flags Google’s Chrome browser as malware.

Microsoft flags Google Chrome as Zeus

Microsoft has been hit by ‘false positive’ hell, as it flags Google’s Chrome browser as malware.

273% rise in mobile malware in first half of 2011

Malware on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is up 273% in the first half of 2011, compared with the same period in 2010, a new study has shown. The results come from a study conducted by G Data Security Labs ndicates that mobile devices and tablets are being targeted by cyber criminals more [...]