Amen Tom, good hearing from you.
> On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Tom Guenthner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apple ][ forever > > >> On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:29 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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