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A review of iOS spyware that threatens user privacy

22
Aug
2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web has prepared an overview of dangerous spyware applications designed to run under iOS, considered to be the most secure mobile platform. Like similar programs for other OSs, such applications allow attackers to obtain a wide range of personal information: SMS messages, call logs, GPS coordinates, address book records, photographs, etc. […]

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Tapjacking: An Untapped Threat in Android

15
Dec
2012

Using social engineering tricks, a developer can create an app that tricks users into tapping a specifically-crafted app popup window (called toast view), making it a gateway for varied threats.This attack, dubbed tapjacking, takes advantage of a specific vulnerability in Android user interaction (UI) component.This technique is not very complicated but has serious security implications […]

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