Cybersecurity for Messaging Services & App Developers

Symantec Report: 1 in 5 Android Apps Is Malware

April 24, 2015

Symantec Report: 1 in 5 Android Apps Is Malware

Image is taken from (Thinkstock) According to Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report 17% of all Android apps (nearly one million total) were actually malware in disguise.” In 2013, Symantec uncovered roughly 700,000 virus-laden apps. Well, not malware per say. They refer to these apps as "grayware" or “mad...

Scams and social media

April 15, 2015

Scams and social media

With billions of smartphones and potentially many billions of Internet-connected devices of all kinds, the focus of Internet security is shifting from the desktop and the data center to the home, the pocket, the purse, and, ultimately, the infrastructure of the Internet itself. According to the Symantec Internet Security Thr...