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Appolicious – Android’s open-source approach to mobile operating systems had enabled Google (GOOG) to spread its platform far and wide, at a relatively rapid pace. But the now-established OS faces another challenge in maintaining security for apps and user access. After dozens of Market apps were riddled with malware, and Amazon’s (AMZN) new Appstore promotion as a safer marketplace for app downloads, Google’s got to do something about its tarnished reputation.

PC World – Samsung Electronics’ laptops do not contain a secret program that logs keystrokes, security researchers have found, chalking the problem up to a mistake by an antivirus program.

PC World – There’s hacking, then there’s hacktivism. There’s malware, then there’s Android Trojans like the latest “threat” discovered by Symantec. Android.Walkinwat is like the Batman of mobile malware–a rogue vigilante seeking justice through means that also skirt legality, but for a good cause.

PC World – Users concerned with online privacy have been struggling for years to come up with a solution to being tracked on the Web. Such users either want to avoid irritating, targeted ads based on browsing history or are concerned about businesses having too much access to our personal information.

PC World – Are Samsung laptops shipping with software that will monitor your every keystroke, as one security researcher claimed Wednesday? We can’t say for sure, but we couldn’t find any trace of spying software on the one Samsung laptop in PCWorld’s Lab.

PC World – Oops. European music-streaming service Spotify
accidentally sent users malware hidden within banner ads that appear within the free version of its software. Spotify immediately turned off ads as it battled to find the errant banner, as it explained in a series of frantic tweets.

PC World – Hardware maker Hercules this week gave Linux fans a nice boost by unveiling two new additions to its eCAFÉ netbook line that use ARM processors and run the open source operating system.

PC World – Samsung says it is not using rogue software to record every keyboard stroke users make using Windows-based Samsung laptops. The denial comes after security researcher Mohamed Hassan accused the company in a Network World article of installing keylogger software called StarLogger on Samsung laptops.