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Who can fight Android malware? Not Google, it seems
Digital Trends Back in February of this year, Google announced it was hardening its stance on Android security, unveiling an app-scanner (codenamed Bouncer) to weed out malware uploaded to Android Market (now Google Play) through automatic scanning. Since then … |
 The Next Web (blog) |
Android botnet detected on all major mobile networks
SC Magazine Spammers have amassed the first-known Android botnet, consisting of compromised devices running on all the major U.S. mobile networks, and it's being used to deliver SMS spam, researchers said this week. Spotted in early December by two San … Android botnet found on all major US carriers sends thousands of spam texts to … Researchers Uncover Massive Android Botnet Android botnet abuses people's phones for SMS spam |
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Android Trojan Apps Build SMS Botnet
Threatpost (blog) A rudimentary, SMS-based botnet is ensnaring Android users into its web with a series of text messages offering free downloads for popular, paid gaming applications, according to Cloudmark researcher Andrew Conway. The Trojan applications are … |
 Panorama.com.ve |
El 99% de los virus en teléfonos se han dirigido al Android en el 2012
Panorama.com.ve El ejemplo más claro de espionaje es el módulo publicitario FinSpy, un programa que tiene funcionalidades de troyano-espía, capaz de hacer un seguimiento de casi todas las actividades de los usuarios y su equipo infectado. Entre estas se encuentran: … El 99% del malware móvil detectado en 2012 está dirigido a Android |