WOW, two days in a row, how can you stand it? Short and sweet this morning, a friend sent me this notice released yesterday, reported in Bloomberg.
All I can say, if you are using an Android/Google phone YOU ARE HACKED. It’s like putting a huge note on the windshield of your car, bold print…..”Car is running, full tank of gas, doors unlocked….ENJOY”. I guess the “cheap” aspect to the Samsung phones brings folks in, cheap always has it’s cost doesn’t it? Knowledge is important, action gives feet to the knowledge. Warnings abound weekly about this platform, read this very short note and decide if this applies only to the other guy. Be safe, have a great weekend. Bloomberg More than five billion downloaded Android apps are vulnerable to hacks, and the number of apps designed to steal financial information from users has skyrocketed, according to a report released Friday. Ninety-six percent of mobile malware targets Android, Google’s GOOG, +0.53% <http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/goog> operating software, on which malicious apps “can pose as benign applications,” according to the Silicon Valley-based security company FireEye <https://www2.fireeye.com/rs/fireye/images/rpt-mobile-threat-assessment.pdf>. The number of malware-laden Android apps intended to nab financial data rose 500% in the second half of 2013. FireEye found more than 1,300 unique samples of financial malware in December 2013, compared with 260 in June 2013. Critics have long said that the Google Play app store is infested with sketchy applications. Users face a range of security risks, from apps that are written insecurely and can be hijacked despite being harmless in nature, to those that were created to steal information or dial numbers and send texts that rack up fees, according to the FireEye report.
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