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Threats From “Free” Android Apps in Japan (Part 2)

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Nov

2012

Smartphone users in Japan are able to download a wide variety of apps, many of which are either inexpensive or free. Not all of these actually meet what users expect in terms of features, and some even introduce risks that users may not fully understand. In this blog entry, I will report the privacy risks […]

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Sality: A Nasty Binary Tracked Down from Download.com

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Nov

2012

What a weird positive we’ve just spotted on CNET’s Download.com.Win32:SaliCode blockedSality is quite a bad file infector. Is it a false positive? Is it a partially disinfected sample? Which way leads to this nasty binary? Check out this screenshot:SecurityXplodedWe’ve decided to cross-check the file more thoroughly – the infected binary is from InstallMonetizer, which is […]

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Bypassing Android Permissions: What You Need to Know

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Nov

2012

The permissions in Android devices are designed to guarantee that those Android apps without any declared permissions cannot do anything harmful to the mobile device. Or can they?How Android Permissions WorkBefore we get into the details, let’s see how Android permissions work.An Android app can access limited system resources. To access sensitive APIs, the app […]

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