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Malicious Versions of Flappy Bird Game Send SMSs to Premium Rate Numbers

11
Feb
2014

As expected, Flappy Birds popularity and the controversy surrounding the game are being abused by cybercriminals. Security experts have spotted several trojanized Android versions making the rounds online. According to Trend Micro, most of the rogue versions of Flappy Bird for Android have been spotted on app markets in Russia and Vietnam. Although they appear similar to the original version, most of the fakes are designed to send SMSs to premium rate numbers. …

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