This week in the security space has been dominated by new security concerns over the apps that may be lurking in Googleâs Android Marketplace. The web giant was forced to respond to initial allegations made in a report from mobile security firm SMobile Systems that one in five applications available for Android handsets could expose user data to third-party hackers. The report said that the openness of the Android Market benefits developers but may present enterprise users with problems if they download a vulnerable application. Google said in its defence that it controls what applications are made available, but said nothing about the accusations of spyware. And in an apparently unrelated incident, revealed that it has remotely removed two suspect applications from Android users' devices.
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