Lookout Mobile hooks up with Deutsche Telekom to protect European phones

April 23, 2012 12:12 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Europe mobile phones are getting a boost of safety today, as mobile security company Lookout Mobile partners with Deutsche Telekom to armor all mobile phones under the carrier with mobile malware protection.

Lookout Mobile refers to itself as a “device …

Mobile malware will become profitable in 2012, PC attacks mirrored on the phone

December 14, 2011 10:12 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Attacking smartphones with malware is to become a profitable business in 2012, according to a report by Lookout Mobile Security. Criminals took an estimated $1 million from Android owners this year, and the threat is only getting bigger.

“Bad guys …

Google removes 22 Android apps due to RuFraud mobile attack

December 12, 2011 2:04 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Google has removed 22 applications from its Android marketplace in the past week due to RuFraud, a new mobile threat aimed at European users that charges users for text messages.

Lookout Mobile, a security firm focused on smartphones, alerted Google …

McAfee says criminal hackers will sell a million email addresses for $25

August 22, 2011 9:01 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

If you want to buy a million email addresses from criminal hackers, the going rate is $25, according to a second quarter report from antivirus firm McAfee.

The new McAfee Q2 2011 Threats Report also shows that mobile malware is …