Monthly Archives: November 2011

FutureMark Developing 3D Benchmark for Android Tablets

FutureMark said Wednesday that it is working on a version of its 3D benchmark tool, 3DMark, for the Android OS, with an eye toward benchmarking future tablets. The benchmark will be released in 2012, FutureMark said, specifically for Android-powered tablets. There’s no indication that Android smartphones will be excluded, however. Right now, the software...
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Your Android Phone Is Secretly Recording Everything You Do (Updated) [Video]

If you have any decently modern Android phone, everything you do is being recorded by hidden software lurking inside. It even circumvents web encryption and grabs everything—including your passwords and Google queries. Worse: it’s the handset manufacturers and the carriers who—in the name of “making your user experience better”—install this software without any way...
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Microsoft Wants to Turn Your Android Or IPhone Into a Windows Phone

PC World — Microsoft is pretty excited about Windows Phone 7.5 =, and that’s probably why they’re now showing it off with an HTML5-based demo that’s meant to be enjoyed on iPhones and Android phones. Is 2012 the Year Android Invades the Enterprise?Slideshow: The Newest Windows Phone 7.5 Smartphones By stopping in at aka.ms/wpdemo,...
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Android Smartphones Rank Highest for Malware Vulnerability: Should You Be Worried?

With Google Android OS currently commanding 52.3% of the worldwide smartphone market, millions of smartphone users own devices running a variation of the popular OS, yet it appears some could be at higher risk for malware than others, as a new report discovered that phones employing an older version of Android are among...
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Researcher: Secret software tracks phone users

A security researcher and systems analyst says a company’s software is secretly logging the keystrokes of Android phone users, as well as those on some BlackBerrys and Nokia devices, although the company that makes the software denies the claims. The matter has grown so contentious that the company, Carrier IQ, threatened researcher Trevor Eckhart...
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Your Android Phone Is Secretly Recording Everything You Do [Video]

Android glitch allows hackers to bug phone calls

Computer scientists have discovered a weakness in smartphones running Google’s Android operating system that allows attackers to secretly record phone conversations, monitor geographic location data, and access other sensitive resources without permission. Handsets sold by HTC, Samsung, Motorola, and Google contain code that expose powerful capabilities to untrusted apps, scientists from North Carolina State...
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Android Atlas Weekly 75: Spies, conspiracies and Android autopsies (Podcast)

A Siri alternative in the form of an app, the Galaxy Nexus gets dissected as the US launch approaches, and your Android phone may be ratting you out to Big Brother. Listen now: Download today’s podcast Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320×180) | iTunes (640×360) RSS (MP3) | RSS (320×180) | RSS (640×360) EPISODE 75 NEWS: -Android handsets secretly...
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Android researcher: Carrier IQ tool is a spying rootkit

Carrier IQ markets its software as a “mobile service intelligence solution” on its Web site. “We give wireless carriers and handset manufacturers unprecedented insight into their customers’ mobile experience.” (Credit: Carrier IQ) Android developer Trevor Eckhart recently noticed something odd on several EVO HTC devices: hidden software that phoned home to the carrier with...
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