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Play It Safe: Google Pulls Android Apps Tied To Dangerous Ad Platform – CRN

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Play It Safe: Google Pulls Android Apps Tied To Dangerous Ad Platform
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The platform also contained weaknesses that cybercriminals could leverage to turn the device into a mobile botnet or use its camera to take pictures and steal two-factor authentication tokens sent via text message. FireEye researchers discovered the …
Google pulls all Android apps linked to adware badness THAT MUST NOT BE …Register

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Google pulls all Android apps linked to adware badness THAT MUST NOT BE … – Register

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Google pulls all Android apps linked to adware badness THAT MUST NOT BE …
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The new product, FireEye Mobile Threat Prevention, based on virtual machine-based threat protection and targeted at securing the Android platform, is due to be generally available by the end of 2013. The launch of … This means a skilled hackers might …

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Android’s defences against malicious apps dissed by security bods – Register

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Android's defences against malicious apps dissed by security bods
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The apparent charm offensive continued with Android security chief, Adrian Ludwig, presenting a last-minute paper at the Virus Bulletin conference in Berlin last week entitled Android – practical security from the ground up, and summarised by Steven …

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Killer Apps: Now the Chinese Are Hacking Us Through Our Limos – Foreign Policy (blog)

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Killer Apps: Now the Chinese Are Hacking Us Through Our Limos
Foreign Policy (blog)
This is a textbook example of how Chinese spies don't just target American business moguls via spearphishing and other cyberattacks. Instead, they use a combination of old-fashioned espionage and hacking to target anyone they've got a serious interest in.

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