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Are “Offerwalls” siphoning your personal information?

19
Oct
2011

A relatively new development in app advertising has a concerning feature. It leeches much of the same information that many Android Trojans also steal. Through an app promotion campaign, a new feature called “offerwalls” are used by Pay Per Install (PPI) services to promise further adoption and revenue for app developers. But what is the […]

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Found: Bitcoin mining bot that is controlled via Twitter

02
Aug
2011

Bitcoin is an electronic currency which is not tied in value to any other currencies. You can convert other currencies (like US dollars) to Bitcoins, or you can mine new Bitcoins by completing complex mathematical tasks. This creates an incentive for botnet masters to use other people’s computers to mine bitcoins for them. And we’ve […]

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