Over the course of two months last year the Copycat malware infected 14 million Android devices and rooted more than half of them, roughly eight million devices.
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'CopyCat' Malware Infected 14 Million Google Android Devices
Fortune The malware achieved this by using a handful of exploits to take advantage of security holes in Android versions 5 and earlier, and then by hijacking a part of the Android systems called "Zygote," a software function that manages app launches. "This is … |
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Hackers spreading WannaCry ransomware copycat for Android arrested by Chinese police
International Business Times UK Chinese police have arrested two men for distributing a variant of the SLocked Android ransomware, customised to look similar to WannaCry, the Windows wormable malware that spread across the globe in May, infecting numerous businesses and … |
After the Facebook Home event announcing an Android homescreen Facebook interface, Microsoft said, Hey, that’s pretty much our Windows Phone campaign from 2011.
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