Blueborne Security Bulletin

Blueborne Security Bulletin

The latest Android and Google Play news for app and game developers. Norton Mobile Security identifies and removes apps that contain malware or potential privacy risks, scans SD cards for threats, blocks unwanted calls and texts, backs up contacts and offers a wide variety of anti-theft protection, including the ability to locate a lost or stolen device, to take a photo of anyone using the device, to trigger an alarm, and to lock or wipe a device remotely.

On the Google Play Store you can also see how many times an app has been downloaded, as well as the reviews that other users have given it. An app with millions of downloads and good reviews is most likely safe, especially if it's been in the app store for a while, but an app with only a few thousand downloads and mostly negative reviews should be carefully investigated.

Bitdefender Mobile Security , priced at $14.95 a year after a 14-day free trial, includes a malware scanner; a Web security scanner; a privacy advisor; the ability to set passcodes for individual apps; and anti-theft features including remote locate, lock, wipe and alarm, as well as the ability to listen in on your phone remotely if it's lost or stolen.

IOS isn't impregnable, and it's very dangerous for iPhone users to assume that it is (see how to remove iPhone viruses and iPhone security tips ), but far more malware is written for Android - Pulse Secure's 2015 Mobile Threat Report put the figure at 97 percent of all mobile malware, while the US Department of Homeland Security estimated in 2013 pdf that just 0.7 percent of malware threats were aimed at iOS - and while this is partly because Android has more users, it's mainly because it's simply an easier target.

Android is now as the most popular mobile operating system all over the world due to user-friendliness, it's understandable that the vast majority of mobile malware hidden inside bogus apps is starred at Google's OS. For this reason, by default Android devices only allows installation of software from the officially sanctioned Google Play Therefore, today we're going to recommend top 5 of the best Android security apps to secure its products from any threats.