Security researchers from Russian firm Doctor Web have come across a new Android Trojan they call Android.DDoS.1.origin. The piece of malware can be used for various malicious tasks, including to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks and to send SMS messages.For the time being, it’s uncertain how the Trojan...
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Summary: Malware makers are turning to quite sophisticated tricks to disguise the true purpose of rogue applications.Security firm F-Secure have released details on how Android malware makes use of steganography to hide the control parameters for rogue code.First, what is steganography? It’s the technique of hiding messages...
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It's been more than a month since researchers reported two serious security vulnerabilities in Android, but so far there's no indication when they will be purged from the Google-spawned operating system that's the world's most popular smartphone platform.The first flaw allows apps to be installed without prompting users...
