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Adware on Mobile Devices an Evolving Privacy Threat

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Feb

2012

Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are often legitimate software that pose a risk to users’ privacy or systems. A reasonably secure–or privacy-minded–user may want to be informed of the presence of certain PUPs and in some cases remove them. One very common type of PUP is adware, which exists to make revenue through advertising. Some adware […]

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New CAPTCHA method or just another likejacking scam?

13

Feb

2012

In case you’ve seen this on Facebook, try to not click on it even if you understand French (it appears to be only in Franch) because it will take you on a road where you don’t want to be. But, we like to live dangerous, so we analyzed this for you. Once you click on […]

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Android Permissions: For Apps or Ads?

10

Jan

2012

An Android application package (APK) can include multiple modules; one or more of these modules may be an advertisement SDK. That’s pretty normal nowadays, as many Android developers currently use such modules to compensate for providing their products to users for free. So what happens if the app is clean, but the ad module is […]

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