Android's built-in malware scanner gets a failing grade

Posted by BernardSwiss on Dec 11, 2012 9:58 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Dan Goodin
Mail this story
Print this story

A computer scientist has uncovered weaknesses in the application verification service Google recently rolled out to help users detect malicious apps on their Android smartphones and tablets. "By introducing this new app verification service in Android 4.2, Google has shown its commitment to continuously improve security on Android," Xuxian Jiang, a professor of computer science at North Carolina State University, wrote in a brief report published Monday. "However, based on our evaluation results, we feel this service is still nascent and there exists room for improvement."

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Groups: Tablets, Android; Story Type: News Story

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.