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Malware Charges a Fee for Free Apps on Google Play

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May

2012

Android.Opfake is malware used to scam mobile device owners into paying a small fee for apps by sending out premium-rate SMS messages from Android devices. It has continued to grow and evolve into a threat that potentially affects a large population of Russian-speaking Android device owners. A quick Internet search will show over a hundred […]

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Unwanted Apps in Google Play Pose as Fake AV

11

May

2012

In recent years one of the most prevalent malware threats for PCs (and lately Mac users) is fake-antivirus software, which pretends to be a legitimate security program. Its real purpose is to charge victims a fee to remove a nonexistent threat. The same threat has now been ported to mobile devices. In some cases we […]

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Family Ties Between Android Malware

30

Mar

2012

While sorting the recent mobile malware collections, I stumbled on a sample which was submitted today. The sample has neither any new break-through payload nor any advanced functionality. However, what makes this interesting is the fact that it has included features seen in couple of different malware families. So, What does it do? It is […]

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