Researchers Find Methods for Bypassing Google's Bouncer Android Security

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Threatpost – (International) Researchers find methods for bypassing Google's Bouncer Android security. Google's Android platform has become the most popular mobile operating system among consumers and malware writers. The company introduced the Bouncer system to look for malicious apps in the Google Play market earlier in 2012. Bouncer, which checks for malicious apps and known malware, is a good first step. However, as new research shows, it can be easily bypassed and in ways that Google will be difficult to address in the long term.

Source: http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/researchers-find-methods-bypassing-googles-bouncer-android-security-060412

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Written by Ali Loney

Ali Loney is a Senior UX Designer at Walmart Labs. She is based in Canada and was the former Graphic Designer at Sonatype.

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