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Stealing apps, installing ads

22

Nov

2011

A while back I blogged about “offerwalls” that were collecting leaked user data. But now it seems that not only users are under attack. Recently while browsing Reddit, I found the account of a popular app developer who claims that another developer on the Android Market had stolen his app, added ad spam code to […]

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There’s Something Phish-y About this Email from Apple

31

Oct

2011

Today, I received an email from Apple telling me that there was a change in my account information. Seeing that I had already changed it a few weeks ago, I was rather curious to see what this email from “Apple” had to say. After opening the message, I was surprised to see an uncanny and […]

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Steve Jobs Proclaimed Alive by Spam

07

Oct

2011

After tricking users into viewing advertisements through a Facebook scam, cybercriminals are again capitalizing on the death of Steve Jobs through malicious spam.We were able to find spam messages that contain the text “Steve Jobs Alive” or “Steve Jobs Not Dead“.Another Steve Jobs-related spam we saw is in Portuguese, and includes a short text about […]

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