Posts Tagged ‘bad news’

Google Play Fails to Remove All Super Mario Malware

Jul

2012

Malware has been found once again on Google Play according to this post by Symantec’s @Irfan_Asrar. Android.Dropdialer poses as a “Wallpaper” app but it also happens to install an additional app which then sends a premium rate SMS. Asrar analyzed two versions found on Play that used video games as bait. Good news: Android Security […]

Category General Written by F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog 0 Comments

Social Scams

Apr

2012

It was the best of posts, it was the worst of posts. My apologies to Charles Dickens, but it seems to be the best way to describe two themes I see on Facebook wall posts these days. Let me show you some of the worst ones first: Yes; these are scams. Posted as legitimate messaging […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

Where is my privacy?

Mar

2012

When we upload something embarrassing about ourselves to, let?s say Facebook, that?s completely our fault. But there are other subtle ways to get information about us. Let?s say a few words about tracking. Every time you visit a website you request HTML that will be rendered in your local browser. This code may include external […]

Category General Written by Securelist / Blog 0 Comments

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