Endpoint/Device Security

The hotel chain has addressed a weakness in its Marriott International Android app that could have allowed attackers to access customer data, including credit card information.

The app is no longer available from the Google Play store, but prior to being removed it had been installed between 50,000 and 100,000 times.

Apps were flagged for containing malware or suspicious binaries, a RiskIQ study found.

Verizon has fixed a critical vulnerability in its My FiOS app that made it possible to read and send messages from any Verizon user's email account.

Mobile security company Lookout released its annual Mobile Threat Report on Thursday, which demonstrated a major uptick in Android malware encounters.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a speech earlier this week that he thinks device-makers should be required to give law enforcement access to their users' data.

SnoopSnitch requires a rooted device with a Qualcomm chipset that runs stock Android 4.1 or higher.