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Android Wallpaper Apps Falsely Accused of Spyware and Stealing ...

2010-07-30

Wow! A recent VentureBeat article put the blogosphere and smartphone industry on its heels when a reported score of wallpaper Android apps were accused of being malicious by mobile security software maker Lookout at a Blackhat 2010 ...

Jul

Make Your Own Firefox-Themed Wallpaper with an Embedded Calendar

2010-07-30

We've previously mentioned the Firefox-themed Foxkeh calendars, with their embedded calendars and irony-defeating anime fox mascot. The Foxkeh maker has opened up a tool that lets anyone create a cutomized, calendar-toting wallpaper for ...

Jul

Enviable Android Live Wallpaper #55: aSpiritBomb

2010-07-29

As a recent iPhone convert, things are going well. But one feature that keeps me glancing over in Android's direction is those damn live wallpapers. ASpiritBomb, from the maker of aCircuitBoard, is yet another pang in my heart.

Jul

Android Spyware: Millions Downloaded Thievish Wallpaper App (Updated)

2010-07-29

Update 2: Please see our follow-up - the developer of the app in question has denied malicious intent. Mobile security firm Lookout announced today at the Black ...

Jul

Researchers: Android Wallpaper App Shows “No Evidence Of Malicious ...

2010-07-29

Jul

Android wallpaper app that takes your data was downloaded by ...

2010-07-28

A questionable Android mobile wallpaper app that collects your personal data and sends it to a mysterious site in China, ...

Jul

App Genome Project Uncovers Wallpaper App That Steals Your Data ...

2010-07-29

The team behind mobile security firm Lookout have been looking at hundreds of thousands of Android and iPhone apps as part of their new App Genome.

Jul

Foxkeh's Wallpaper Creator: practical SVG application Mozilla ...

2010-07-29

“Foxkeh's Wallpaper Creator” is a tool that allows you to easily create your own wallpaper in your browser. Not only can you choose Foxkeh and background image, you can easily change the size, position and transparency of Foxkeh and ...

Jul

Lookout Clarifies Accusations Against “Suspicious” Wallpaper App ...

2010-07-30

The Android app world was taken a little by storm yesterday when a report broke through Venturebeat, that a wallpaper app on the market, which “had been downloaded millions of times,” was stealing information from users and sending it ...

Jul

Android wallpaper app beams users' data to Chinese servers – Cell ...

2010-07-29

Jul. 29, 2010 - A data theft app for Android smartphones disguised as an innocent wallpaper program sucks your address book, text messages, login credentials, and other.

Jul

Wallpaper is back

2010-07-29

Wallpaper designers are using bolder colors, and homeowners aren't afraid to use colors and patterns anymore, Byron McElderry says, and while there are definitely papers out there that he calls "shocking" or "daring," he says that many traditional...

Jul

Wallpaper Apps Swiped Personal Details off Android Phones

2010-07-29

A series of Android wallpaper apps for has been collecting personal information and shipping it off to China, unbeknown to users.

Jul

Android wallpaper app beams users data to Chinese servers

2010-07-29

A data theft app for Android smartphones disguised as an innocent wallpaper program sucks your address book, text messages, login credentials, and other personal information into the cloud in China. Apparently this malicious software has been downloaded millions of times, suggesting that personal information for a lot of Android users might have been potentially compromised. According [...]

Jul

My Little Pony Android Wallpaper Accesses Vital User Info

2010-07-29

That My Little Pony wallpaper that you just downloaded for your Android smartphonewhat does it really want from you? According to mobile security firm, Lookout, it may be a lot more than you bargained for when you downloaded the seemingly benign app.

Jul

Android wallpaper app exploit stole info from millions of users

2010-07-29

An Android application, available in the Android Market and developed by Jackeey Wallpaper, has reportedly been stealing information from millions of users and sending it to a website based in Shenzhen, China. The unnamed app was discovered by mobile security firm Lookout and has reportedly been downloaded 1.1 to 4.6 million times. According to Venture Beat, the software then sends private ...

Jul

'Suspicious' Android wallpaper app nabs user data

2010-07-29

Up to 4 million downloads An Android wallpaper application that collected data from users' phones and uploaded it to a site in China was downloaded "millions of times", according to mobile security firm Lookout.

Jul

That Cute Android Wallpaper May Be Sending Your Data to China

2010-07-30

Personal data about millions of Android users could be sent to a mysterious Chinese website thanks to a set of wallpaper apps in the Android Market. That's according to mobile security firm Lookout, which discovered the questionable apps as part of its new App Genome Project.

Jul

Malicious Android Wallpaper App Raided Personal Data

2010-07-29

Mobile security firm Lookout has exposed a wallpaper application available in the Android Market that collects personal information and sends it to a web site in China. The application, developed by Jackeey Wallpaper, snags data from users such as ... (follow link to read)

Jul

Researchers: Android Wallpaper App Shows No Evidence Of Malicious Behavior

2010-07-29

Yesterday, mobile security firm Lookout announced at the Black Hat security conference that it had discovered a seemingly benign wallpaper application for Android that had been downloaded millions of times and allegedly harvested user data like text messages and browsing history, which was being sent to servers in China. At least, that's what was reported . Turns out, it looks like the press ...

Jul