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Researchers from Lookout Security disagreed with rival Symantec that 13 apps on the Android Market were malicious, instead saying that they showed the same behaviors as other ad-supported apps. Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter could now block tweets in specific countries
January 29th, 2012 
OSITCom Twitter’s move to comply with government requests and block tweets in specific countries could blunt its edge as a political tool, but there may be an upside in helping to unmask censorship, some privacy experts said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Massive Android malware op may have infected 5 million users
January 28th, 2012 OSITCom The largest-ever Android malware campaign may have duped as many as 5 million users into downloading infected apps from Google’s Android Market, Symantec said today. Read the rest of this entry »
Android keeps growing
October 6th, 2011 OSITCom Android smartphone users in the U.S. grew to an even greater share, hitting 43.7%, while iPhone users grew slightly to 27.3%.
The comScore data, based on a survey of 30,000 smartphone users for three months ending Aug. 31, also showed Research In Motion’s share of the market drop in the prior three-month period ending May 31. Read the rest of this entry »
Chrome to replace Firefox before december
September 30th, 2011 OSITCom Google’s Chrome is on the brink of replacing Firefox as the second-most-popular browser, according to one Web statistics firm.
Data provided by StatCounter, an Irish company that tracks browser usage using the free analytics tools it offers websites, shows that Chrome will pass Firefox to take the No. 2 spot behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) no later than December. As of Wednesday, Chrome’s global average user share for September was 23.6%, while Firefox’s stood at 26.8%. IE, meanwhile, was at 41.7%. Read the rest of this entry »
New malware attak mac users
September 24th, 2011 OSITCom Security firms today warned Mac users of a new Trojan horse that masquerades as a PDF document. The malware, which was spotted by U.K.-based Sophos and Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure, uses a technique long practiced by Windows attackers. Read the rest of this entry »