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Instagram almost ready for Android Users
Instagram for Android is almost here
The iOS photo-sharing app of choice Instagram is finally ready to make its presence felt on Google's Android platform. The company has posted a preview page encouraging Android users to sign up and be the first to download the app when it becomes available. The app has 27 million registered iOS users, a figure that is likely to double when Android users start filtering-up photos.
The iOS photo-sharing app of choice Instagram is finally ready to make its presence felt on Google's Android platform. The company has posted a preview page encouraging Android users to sign up and be the first to download the app when it becomes available. The app has 27 million registered iOS users, a figure that is likely to double when Android users start filtering-up photos.
Beware of Android Market Malware
Beware Android Malware Masquerading as Chinese Game
It may look like an app for a Chinese game called "The Roar of the Pharaoh," but it's actually just another fake Android app that's really a malware Trojan in disguise, according to security researchers warning about it.
Writing in a blog, Sophos security researcher Chester Wisniewski calls it a "malicious application" that "gathers sensitive information" about the Android device it lands on, collecting personal information and technical details, including phone number, and "sends it off to the malware's authors."
IN THE NEWS: Report cites US, Canada as malware attack focus
"Like many other mobile Trojans, this one sends SMS messages to premium rate SMS numbers and is capable of reading your SMSs as well," Wisniewski says in his blog.
He points out that SMS scams work because "the mobile phone companies provide the payment processing and the bad guys have their money and are long gone before you ever receive the phone bill with the fraudulent charges." It is similar to another piece of Android malware, which mimicked the popular Netflix app.
Sophos has identified the Android Trojan as Andr/Stiniter-A, and says it doesn't ask for specific permissions during installation. "The Roar of the Pharaoh" is a legitimate Chinese game , though the Android app for it is not believed to be distributed on Google's site called Google Play (formerly Android Marketplace).
Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at cloud-based security provider Zscaler, said the fake "The Roar of the Pharaoh" app for Android reflects the shift of malware authors to target the Android platform, whether smartphones or tablets. Fake game apps that are really Trojans are increasing and "this is a typical scam for Android now," he says
It may look like an app for a Chinese game called "The Roar of the Pharaoh," but it's actually just another fake Android app that's really a malware Trojan in disguise, according to security researchers warning about it.
Writing in a blog, Sophos security researcher Chester Wisniewski calls it a "malicious application" that "gathers sensitive information" about the Android device it lands on, collecting personal information and technical details, including phone number, and "sends it off to the malware's authors."
IN THE NEWS: Report cites US, Canada as malware attack focus
"Like many other mobile Trojans, this one sends SMS messages to premium rate SMS numbers and is capable of reading your SMSs as well," Wisniewski says in his blog.
He points out that SMS scams work because "the mobile phone companies provide the payment processing and the bad guys have their money and are long gone before you ever receive the phone bill with the fraudulent charges." It is similar to another piece of Android malware, which mimicked the popular Netflix app.
Sophos has identified the Android Trojan as Andr/Stiniter-A, and says it doesn't ask for specific permissions during installation. "The Roar of the Pharaoh" is a legitimate Chinese game , though the Android app for it is not believed to be distributed on Google's site called Google Play (formerly Android Marketplace).
Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at cloud-based security provider Zscaler, said the fake "The Roar of the Pharaoh" app for Android reflects the shift of malware authors to target the Android platform, whether smartphones or tablets. Fake game apps that are really Trojans are increasing and "this is a typical scam for Android now," he says
Temple Run now available on Android
The games was released in the Google Play Store on March 30, 2012 and reached over 2.5 million downloads in the first day!
This game is fun, addicting and best of all free! if you haven't already checked it out you can download it now for your Android devices.
Link for download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imangi.templerun&hl=en
This game is fun, addicting and best of all free! if you haven't already checked it out you can download it now for your Android devices.
Link for download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imangi.templerun&hl=en
Angry Birds Space released.
With more than 700 million downloads to its name, Angry Birds is as much a part of pop culture as the Big Mac, The Beatles, or Justin Bieber. But such popularity poses a problem: how to create a sequel that feels fresh, yet still appeals to avian aficionados around the world. For developer Rovio, the answer is gravity, or rather, the lack of it. Angry Birds Space takes the fundamental physics-based flinging of the original and turns it on its head--sometimes literally--by playing with the gravity simulation that powers it. You're forced to think in new, creative ways to solve puzzles, using the pull of planets to slingshot your birds over greater distances and at previously impossible angles. It's satisfying, yet completely familiar, and is heaps of pig-smashing fun
Download link for Android devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsspace.ads
Download link for Android devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsspace.ads