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Viruses and malware remain a thorn in the eye of computers worldwide. Antivirus Maker McAfee says that cyber criminals are increasingly focusing on Smartphones, and specifically on Android. In the first quarter of 2012 saw McAfee a serious increase in the amount of malware that plagued the Android universe.


In the second quarter, there was no improvement, and McAfee notes that almost all new mobile malware on Android arrows had directed.

“We note that attacks that have traditionally focused on PCs, now find their way into other devices. For example, we recently launched a mobile version of Flashback discovered a virus which actually meant for Macs,” said Vincent Weafer of McAfee Labs.

To secure your smartphone to use, there are numerous mobile security suites - including of course one of McAfee - but you come a long way by watching where you install apps, and what permissions you give those apps.

Data of Many Users Hijacked
Hackers have published a list of the identifiers of one million iPhones and iPads. That list would be a fragment of a larger file with detailed information of 12 million Apple users. The list that the hacker group AntiSec has put online contains the identifiers (UDID) of one million iPhone and iPad owners. This unique code is used by Apple devices to distinguish.

In itself, these codes are quite harmless, but AntiSec claims that the list is part of a larger database with data from 12 million Apple users. This file should contain not only UDID, but also because of associated names, addresses, phone numbers and other data. A combination of data could lead to identity theft, but gives a lot of privacy concerns.

U.S. Government Gets Android Illegal Sites Offline
The U.S. Department of Justice has been working with the FBI three websites taken offline who pirated Android apps offered. On Appbucket, Snapzzmarket and could Applanet Android users find pirated free versions of paid apps from the official Google Play Store. The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have sites now silenced.

It is the first time that the U.S. government intervenes to websites with illegal mobile applications to seize and offline. Piracy is a major problem on the Android platform, because users are relatively easy to circumvent the official application stores for apps to install.

An action which incidentally is not recommended for safety reasons: many virus authors use these unofficial platforms to mobile users with malware to saddle. Presumably this action is part of a larger initiative, the U.S. government also similar illegal sites for iOS flank.