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Android Trojan Mimics PC Drive-by Malware Attack – PCWorld

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Android Trojan Mimics PC Drive-by Malware Attack
PCWorld
(See also "5 Free Android Security Apps: Keep Your Smartphone Safe.") This isn't quite a PC drive-by attack because the user still needs to install the app, at which point it relies on the user having ticked the "Unknown Sources" box (in most cases …

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“HDD Plus” malware spread through major ad networks, using malvertising and drive-by download (Wayne Huang/Armorize Blog)

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Wayne Huang / Armorize Blog:
“HDD Plus” malware spread through major ad networks, using malvertising and drive-by download  —  (Credits: Wayne Huang, Caleb Sima, Chris Hsiao, NightCola Lin, Fyodor Yarochkin)  —  Over the past few days, we saw the quick spread of HDD Plus—a malware that (somehow) gets installed on victim computers …

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