Disconcerting Android stories and one bit of good news

…at least the story that Android will insist that device makers will implement patches is worth a cheer or three, even if it is long overdue…

• Bleeping Computer: The Facebook Android App Is Asking for Superuser Privileges and Users Are Freaking Out
• Kaspersky: WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO. CYBERESPIONAGE OPERATION TARGETS ANDROID USERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• Symantec: Malicious Apps Persistently Appearing on Google Play and Using Google Icons
  – “Seven apps have been discovered reappearing on the Play store under a different name and publisher even after these have been reported.”
• Sophos: The next Android version’s killer feature? Security patches “…the next version of Google’s mobile OS will require device makers to agree to implement regular security patches for the first time in the operating system’s history.’

David Harley