Mobil Tech and Malware news - post it here

[Asyn]

DeathRing: Pre-loaded malware hits smartphones for the second time in 2014
https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2014/12/04/deathring/

[Pondus]

Problems in Qualcomm Snapdragon Set Alarm Bells Ringing for Samsung, LG
http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/article/7635/unexpected-hurdle-problems-qualcomm-snapdragon-set-alarm-bells-ringing-samsung-lg

[Asyn]

Mobile advertising firms spread malware by posing as official Google Play apps
https://blog.avast.com/2014/12/12/mobile-advertising-firms-spread-malware-by-posing-as-official-google-play-apps/

[Asyn]

Fake “The Interview” app is really an Android banking trojan
http://grahamcluley.com/2014/12/the-interview-android-app-malware/

[Asyn]

Google No Longer Provides Patches for WebView Jelly Bean and Prior
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/01/11/google-no-longer-provides-patches-for-webview-jelly-bean-and-prior

[Pondus]

Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app
http://googletranslate.blogspot.no/2015/01/hallo-hola-ola-to-new-more-powerful_14.html

[Asyn]

Fobus, the sneaky little thief that could
https://blog.avast.com/2015/01/15/fobus-the-sneaky-little-thief-that-could/

[Pondus]

Microsoft designs a lamp that could charge your smartphone
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-designs-a-lamp-that-could-charge-your-smartphone/
http://wmpoweruser.com/microsoft-research-is-developing-technology-to-automatically-charge-smartphones-using-a-light-beam/

guessing winphones are first in line

[Asyn]

Google No Longer Provides Patches for WebView Jelly Bean and Prior
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/01/11/google-no-longer-provides-patches-for-webview-jelly-bean-and-prior

-> https://plus.google.com/+AdrianLudwig/posts/1md7ruEwBLF

[Asyn]

Android WiFi-Direct Denial of Service
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/android-wifi-direct-denial-service

[Pondus]

New outlook app and office for android and iOS
http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/01/29/office-everywhere-great-news-office-ios-android/

[Asyn]

Apps on Google Play Pose As Games and Infect Millions of Users with Adware
https://blog.avast.com/2015/02/03/apps-on-google-play-pose-as-games-and-infect-millions-of-users-with-adware/

[Asyn]

Mobile Crypto-Ransomware Simplocker now on Steroids
https://blog.avast.com/2015/02/10/mobile-crypto-ransomware-simplocker-now-on-steroids/

[Pondus]

Exclusive: Galaxy S6 software will bring some amazing changes
http://www.sammobile.com/2015/02/12/exclusive-galaxy-s6-software-will-bring-some-amazing-changes/

[Asyn]

Combating Dormant Malware Apps with Harvester
http://sseblog.ec-spride.de/2015/02/introducing-harvester/
http://www.bodden.de/pubs/TUD-CS-2015-0031.pdf