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Many users of devices running Android are tempted to root them. Here we explain the good and bad sides of having superuser rights.

How a couple of simple permissions let an application steal passwords, log user actions, and do many other nasty things.

Applications that offer to pay you for installing other applications tend to shove malware at you.

Modern Android users have, on average, 66 apps installed on their devices. Most of these apps start working without users launching them.

What are app permissions in Android, and should you grant them?

A helpful guide to buying and selling safely on eBay.

Everything you need to know about mobile banking Trojans and how to fight them.

Criminals are stealing money from freelancers — by offering them a job.

Mobile ransomware is on the rise. We discuss the most popular ransomware families, speculate on some statistics, and suggest the best means of protection. 


Your smartphone knows everything about you: whom you call and what messages you send, which websites you visit and what photos you take, including even when and where you do it. This data may be used against you.

A pirate app store that has tricked Apple and passed its code review is now stealing user’s credentials using FairPlay Man-in-the Middle attack.

Kaspersky Lab’s Anti-malware Research Team reported detection of “one of the most dangerous Android banking Trojans ever seen”, called Acecard.

Researcher shows that using data from motion sensors built into a smartwatch one can recognize numbers you press on a numpad. How can that affect your security?

Google’s Android OS is a vulnerable system. Developers make it worse by not providing critical patches in time.

Today’s smartphones are full-fledged computers much more powerful than the desktops you used 10 years ago. Your device is very likely to contain data the cybercriminals are after, like banking data.

Your legitimate copy of Angry Birds 2 may be infected with malware that steals your private data. How could this happen?

Infosec digest: exploit kit Neutrino in Wordpress, yet another GitHub DDoS, Wyndham responsible for breach, while Target is not.

Three most important recent news with extensive commentary and trolling: nasty Android Stagefright vulnerability, new car hacks and Do Not Track 2.0 privacy initiative

With all of the security improvements, criminals find and exploit various ways of circumventing them to deliver their malicious creations to end-users’ phones, which puts at risk both the device owners and the businesses they are involved with.

I was repeatedly asked the question: “Once you decide to become a cyborg, how would your current routine change?” Today I’m going to give you 10 answers to this question.

With an increasing amount of people using mobile devices for work, security of the data stored therein has become a hot topic. And since people also use mobile devices to access their finances, that makes them a prime target for cybercriminals. Android is the most popular mobile OS in the world right now, and the most targeted. How are users attacked and what is the current security status of Android?