It’s a common misconception that mobile malware is a problem limited to users in a particular geographical region such as China or Eastern Europe. Last week, McAfee Labs mobile research department received a mobile malware sample that targets Android mobile phone users in South Korea. The sample pretends to be a popular coffee shop coupon Read more…
Tags: Android, sms, South Korea, trojan
Yesterday at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress (28C3), in Berlin, security researchers along with Karsten Nohl and Luca Melette showcased a number of flaws and solutions in GSM mobile phone networks. Day 1 Defeating GSM encryption is not new. Nohl and Melette detailed how attackers can use known network control messages to help decrypt SMS Read more…
Tags: Hackers, mobile security, sms
I was dealing with customer escalations the other day and came across this interesting sample. If you believe the filename install_wrar380.exe it would install WinRar on your system, for some reason I didn’t believe it . Upon execution, the installer displays a EULA. I have copied and pasted some of the detail below: “THE COST Read more…
Tags: freeware, mobile phone, mobiles, scam, sms, SMSFraud, text message
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