"YET STILL VERY DANGEROUS"
A banking ibot for the Android operating system will see an increase. Last year it sold for $5,000 per bot, but recently the code was released on some shady websites so that any group or person can come up with a way to infect you [ed. - yet another reason to have some sort of mobile security].
According to an article by Lucian Constantin on Computerworld's website the bot can do a variety of things. He wrote -
"In addition to capturing incoming and outgoing text messages, the iBanking app can redirect calls to a pre-defined phone number, capture audio from the surrounding environment using the device's microphone and steal data like the call history log and the phone book, the researchers said."
You can find the article HERE.Oh, and here's another article based on a paper put out by researchers at RiskIQ regarding malicious APPS in the Google Play store. The headline for this article is:
Malware-infected Android apps spike in the Google Play store
Wallpaper Dragon Ball and Finger Hockey were among the most downloaded malicious apps
Also, here's a nugget from the article which you'll find HERE,"In 2011, there were approximately 11,000 apps in Google's mobile marketplace that contained malicious software capable of stealing people's data and committing fraud, according to the results of a study published Wednesday by RiskIQ, an online security services company. By 2013, more than 42,000 apps in Google's store contained spyware and information-stealing Trojan programs, researchers said."
'Nuff Said,
Brian
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