Trend Micro has detected a website offering different fake Skype mobile apps for Android. Microsoft researchers are warning about  a new Trojan horse program for Android cellular devices that sends out premium SMS messages once installed. The Trojan is only the latest example of malware that’s installed by unwitting users who frequent phony mobile application marketplaces made to look like Google’s Android Market, according to a...

Drive-by downloads work by exploiting vulnerabilities in Web browsers, plug-ins or other components that work within browsers. Decision makers utilizing Google operating system Google android on their mobile phones need to be careful that the free apps could have malware. The mobile telephone market continues to be relatively free from security or even infection problems until the current introduction associated with Android devices,...

The scanning service, appropriately codenamed "Bouncer," has been in action "a number of months," said Hiroshi Lockheimer, the vice president of engineering for Android.Google launched a fresh service, codename “Bouncer” that certifies all Android apps accessible in the Android market, by detecting infections with malware, spyware, trojans, but in addition dubious activity that could indicate the presence of other conditions. Each...