Reports surfaced this week that Path – the photo-powered social network of 10 million users – stands accused of resorting to “spammy tactics” for the presumable purpose of recruiting more members.

Adrianne Jeffries of The Verge says that digital marketer Stephen Kenwright “downloaded the app earlier this week, tried it out, uninstalled it, and went to bed.”

But that seeming conclusion to Kenwright’s relationship with Path wasn’t the end at all.

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When it comes to mobile malware, Android is a magnet of epic proportions. More examples of this unfortunate reality surfaced this week.

Android malware deceptively disguised as a mobile ad network is on the loose and infecting millions of mobile devices.

According to Lookout Mobile Security, the new threat is called BadNews, a recent entry into the malware family. So far, it’s been found in 32 apps across four different developer accounts in Google Play.

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SMS spammers looking for cover have found there are few places left to hide.

The FTC has begun aggressively following up on its pledge to crack down on the tricksters taking aim at our cell phones.

In the last two years, regulators have found that hundreds of thousands of mobile phone users have been charged for “premium text” services that they did not authorize, a practice known as bill cramming.

According to comprehensive coverage provided this week by the New York Times, the Federal Trade Commission has announced its first cellphone cramming case.

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The FTC is issuing a stark warning to those who perpetrate text-based scams on American mobile consumers.

On Thursday morning, the Federal Trade Commission invited press to its Midwest Region Office in Chicago to announce a series of enforcement actions designed to protect consumers nationwide from a pervasive series of scams built on text messages

The FTC is taking precise aim at affiliate marketers that use SMS to trick consumers into chasing “free” gift cards through underhanded practices.

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More bad news for Google’s little green robot. In fact, may have finally figured out why he’s green – he’s sick with malware.

According to the presented findings of F-Secure‘s latest Mobile Threat Report, there’s been a drop in malware targeting the Symbian platform, representing just four percent of all mobile threats detected in Q4 2012.

That’s about the only “good news” in the report.

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McAfee is out with a new report highlighting the common ways in which we fail to ensure our own mobile device security.

Based on the findings of an expansive survey, McAfee reveals that more than one in ten mobile device owners use the same PIN across multiple devices and accounts.

That’s a big security risk, the company says.

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The first major 2013 Android malware alert has been sounded.

According to a new threat coming to light this week, a pretty nefarious trojan for Android has been discovered and should be guarded against in the coming days and weeks.

The trojan is capable of executing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Based on what little we know, the malware can also receive commands and distribute text messages for advanced spamming efforts.

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