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11,000 users fell into a WhatsApp scam

29

Jul

2013

A young Spanish hacker developed a fictive application, which offered users to spy on private messages of their WhatsApp friends. Thousands users went into the site, which required them to register their mobile number. Whoever typed the number fell into a huge fraud by automatically being assigned to an advertisements site that sends ads for […]

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Adult Voice-Service Apps on Google Play Japan Charge Users Without Notice

13

Jul

2013

McAfee has reported on increasing fraudulent Android applications on Google Play in Japan this year, including one-click fraud applications and fraudulent adult dating service applications. The attackers are still looking for new victims using various techniques.We have also found a new variant of the one-click fraud application that lures careless users into adult voice-connection services […]

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Android Focus Stealing Vulnerability

10

Aug

2011

Android allows applications to voluntarily come to foreground or to become active while user is using another application. However, because Android’s SDK allows apps to be pushed to the foreground, Android allows users to dismiss and override this behaviour be hitting the back button. This Android feature is used by many security applications for application […]

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