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SMS Trojan Steals From Android Owners

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-way-i-wanted-hott-sexx dept.

siliconbits writes "A Trojan posing as a media player for Android smartphones automatically sends text messages to premium rate numbers, according to Kaspersky Lab. Company officials say the Trojan, dubbed Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, is the first of its kind for the Android platform, even though SMS Trojans are currently the most widespread type of malware on mobile phones."

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  1. Re:Hahaha by BitZtream · · Score: 0, Troll

    hahaha that was almost as funny as it wasn't 2 months ago since its likely that even with your fingers in the wrong place the iPhone works better than whatever you're carrying.

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