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Mobile attacks!

01

Feb

2013

Users of inexpensive Android smartphones typically look for ways to accelerate their devices, for example, by freeing up memory. Demand for software that makes smartphones work a little faster creates supply, some of which happens to be malicious. In addition to legitimate applications, apps that only pretend to clean up the system have appeared on […]

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Scammers Target Chikka Users

23

Oct

2012

It has come to our attention that a scam using the name of Chikka Text Messenger, an internet-based SMS service that supports communication between computer/tablet users and phone/smartphone users, is making rounds on Facebook. By banking on the popularity of this unique service with a solid market, cybercriminals have taken scamming to new grounds. The […]

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Free Android USSD vulnerability protection from ESET now on Google Play

02

Oct

2012

If you use an Android phone you may have heard of something called the USSD vulnerability. This allows a nasty piece of malicious software to reset your Android to its factory default settings and permanently delete your data. We will describe the USSD problem in more detail in a moment but first we want to […]

Category General Written by ESET ThreatBlog 0 Comments

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