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One-Click Billing Fraud Scheme Through Android App Found

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Jan

2012

In the past we’ve reported about one-click billing fraud schemes starting to target smartphone users. The scheme, as its name suggests, tricks a victim into registering and paying for a certain service after being falsely led to a specific website. The past attack we saw involved a website wherein target victims were asked to pay […]

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McDonald’s Gift Card Spam on Twitter

03

Jan

2012

We recently found Twitter spam touting “gift cards” at the tail-end of the gift-giving season. In this run, Twitter users are lured into clicking a shortened URL with the strings “#mcdonalds gift card.” McDonald’s is a globally well-known fast food chain that, like many other establishments, do offer certificates and vouchers for patrons who would […]

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2011 in Review: Mobile Malware

03

Jan

2012

2011 was a banner year for the Android operating system – as well as for Android malware. The increasing number of Android users made it profitable for attackers to go after them in full force, as we’ve been saying all year long.Where are the threats coming from?Many of these threats arrive via third-party app stores, […]

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