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Japanese One-Click Scammers Abuse Mobile Traffic Exchange Service

Aug

2013

McAfee has been monitoring and reporting extensively on one-click-fraud malware for Android in Japan this year. These attacks, primarily on Google Play, have become more active recently. We have found about 400 fraudulent apps in July alone. We consistently report these issues to Google, which promptly revokes the apps, but the scammers never stop uploading […]

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Malicious Dating, Ad Services Plague Japanese Users

Jun

2013

In a previous blog McAfee Mobile Research reported on fraudulent adult dating-service applications on Google Play that target Japanese users. Many other suspicious applications are spreading on Google Play in Japan, and try to lure users to similar fraudulent sites.These suspicious applications have appeared on Google Play since May. They offer adult or nonadult image […]

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Fraudulent Adult Dating Services Turn 10 Years Old, Still Evolving

Jun

2013

McAfee Mobile Research monitors adult one-click-fraud applications on Google Play that are targeted at Japanese users. Although the attackers appeared to have stopped uploading these apps in May, they have now resumed the attacks. We have confirmed about 600 malicious applications have been published since the beginning of April.We have also confirmed that another type […]

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