Cyber0pedia: Malware

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Your tablet or phone may seem intrinsically less private than your 
computer, but this isn't necessarily the case. Mobile networks such as 
3G and 4G are harder to inﬁltrate than public Wi-Fi hotspots, so a 
hacker will ﬁnd it trickier to spy on your 3G-connected tablet than on 
your hotspot-connected PC. On the other hand, anyone can pick up your 
mobile device and swipe through your photos, messages and other secrets,
 so make sure you lock the screen with a passcode that only you know.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>You also need to be careful when installing apps that
 might be malicious. Just like Desktop programs, mobile apps can contain
 spyware that criminals use to steal your private data and follow your 
every move. The Android platform is particularly vulnerable in this 
regard . Unlike iOS, Windows Phone and Kindle, Android is an open 
platform, which essentially means that anyone - including hackers - can 
make an Android app and tout it on the open market.</div>
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“Android is the riskiest mobile platform in terms of security,” said Toralv Dirro at McAfee Labs (<a href="http://www.mcafee.com/uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mcafee.com/uk</a>),
 speaking in April. “In McAfee Labs’ most recent Threat Report we found a
 slight drop in the growth of mobile malware during the first quarter of
 2013, but Android malware still managed to increase by 40 per cent.”</div>
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<img alt="Keep Spies off Your Tablet or Phone" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ltd3RENq8FSprCiRJpYLL5vP6s-DubFbSDNiVxdefJlwO0r7NDriuMmc19aCd0kibrTXu1TQp-DBjs7UugEV1Jl_glYNB0P35E89kzs3Wr5lDI7UKbJi4IB96M5uvoperBKfxUPIjWY/s1600/Keep+Spies+off+Your+Tablet+or+Phone.jpg" title="Keep Spies off Your Tablet or Phone" /></div>
<b>Malwarebytes Anti-Malware scans your</b><br />
<b>Android device for malware, Trojans and</b><br />
<b>spyware</b><br />
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This means that it’s just as important to have anti-virus software 
installed and updated on your Android device as it is on your PC. McAfee
 recently updated its Mobile Security app, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wsandroid.suite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McAfee Antivirus 8</a>
 Security, which gives you anti-virus, privacy and a security suite for 
free. The new Android version of the excellent security program, <a href="http://www.malwarebytes.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Malwarebytes Anti-Malware</a>, scans your phone and <span style="color: red;">SD card</span>
 for malware, Trojans and spyware, and checks your installed apps for 
privacy-violating permissions.If Malwarebytes ﬁnds an app that’s 
accessing your private data, it lets you edit the app’s permissions or 
disable it completely.</div>
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<a href="http://www.cluefulapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clueful</a> is a new app for Android and iOS from the makers of antivirus program <a href="http://www.%20bitdefender.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bitdefender</a>.
 It tells you what your tablet or phone knows about you, and how your 
device uses this information. It runs in the background and reveals 
which apps try to track your location, access your photos, view your 
contacts or use urmecessary permissions to access your personal data. If
 any app suddenly does something to compromise your  such as share your 
personal details with third parties or send your password unencrypted 
over the internet, you’ll be alerted immediately. All its ﬁndings are 
added to the Bitdefender Cloud, a virtual security database of hundreds 
of thousands of apps. Anonymous search service<br />
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DuckDuckGo also has apps for Android, iOS and BlackBerry, as well as a sister app (Search & Stories: <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://duckduckgo.com/app</a>) that makes anonymous searching even easier on Android and iOS. Tor has a sister app called <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orbot</a>,
 which lets you use other apps such as Facebook and Twitter without 
being monitored by your network provider, but it only works on Android. 
Incognito browser <a href="http://inbrowserapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InBrowser</a>
 doesn’t provide quite the same level of anonymity as Orbot, but it’s 
available for iOS as well as Android and never stores your history or 
cookies.</div>
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Your tablet or phone may seem intrinsically less private than your computer, but this isn't necessarily the case. Mobile networks suc...