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> On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:29 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > > <MW-CJ992_GOOG_a_20140625140900_MG.jpg> > > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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