Android Market Malware Possibly Hits 5 Million
Author: Leanne Westphal
on January 29, 2012 - 11:50 PM
According to Symantec the Android
Market is where perhaps millions of app shoppers were fooled into thinking that
13 apps from three publishers were safe, when in fact they were infected with
malware. Symantec has named the
infected android apps as “Android Counterclank”, which include titles such as “Counter
Strike Ground Force” and “Sexy Girls Puzzle”, many of which were still on the
site as of Friday afternoon. "They
don't appear to be real publishers," Kevin Haley, a director with
Symantec's security response team, indicated in an interview. "These
aren't rebundled apps, as we've seen so many times before." Symantec estimated that the infected apps may
affect between1 to 5 million users. "Yes,
this is the largest malware [outbreak] on the Android Market," commented
Haley.
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SOASTA Offers Smart Mobile App Testing Via the Cloud
Author: Leanne Westphal
on January 23, 2012 - 7:37 AM
SOASTA, a six year old company
based in Mountain View, California, is announcing its plans this week to update
it CloudTest Platform to make it possible for developers to automated testing of
their iOS and Android apps. In an interview with Information Week, Tom Lounibos, SOASTA CEO indicated that the
human-technology interfaces has moved well beyond traditional keyboard
keystrokes, to inputs based on touch and gesture interactions. SOASTA’s TouchTest technology captures interactions
on both iOS and Android devices in record and playback mode to allow developers
and publishers to have automated feedback on mobile app performance. The CloudTest Platform is well suited to
testing mobile devices says Lounibos which require testing "new forms of
interaction and movement that have been impossible to test with traditional
tools."
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