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Dancing Penguins – A Case of Organized Android Pay Per Install

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Sep

2012

For years, cyber criminals have organized their operations and traded resources through discussion forums and auction sites. One popular item to trade is access to virus infected PCs for cash. These trading schemes are often called pay-per install (PPI) programs. We have recently started an investigation on a new type of pay-per install program, this […]

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Android Malware Exploits China Mobile SMS Payments

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Aug

2012

We recently encountered ANDROIDOS_SMSZOMBIE.A, an Android Trojan targeting China Mobile subscribers that takes control of a device’s SMS functionality. It can send, forward, and drop SMS messages. What makes this more troubling for users is the fact that this malware is difficult to uninstall. A dedicated removal tool will be released to Google Play and […]

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New Android Malware Comes Bundled with Real Opera Mini

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Jul

2012

Avid readers of this blog can attest that we have been documenting a number of noteworthy and malicious binaries affecting smartphones, and those running on Android, specifically, are taking most of the brunt from these threats. One malware we have featured is called OpFake, a family of Trojans posing as a free app, which are […]

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