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BBC Builds Smartphone Malware For Testing Purposes

Posted by Soulskill on from the mainstream-security-research dept.

siliconbits writes "BBC News has shown how straightforward it is to create a malicious application for a smartphone. Over a few weeks, the BBC put together a crude game for a smartphone that also spied on the owner of the handset. The application was built using standard parts from the software toolkits that developers use to create programs for handsets. This makes malicious applications hard to spot, say experts, because useful programs will use the same functions."

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  1. Re:Is this going to be the new trend? by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Same thing that happens on a regular desktop computer.... BUT ON A PHONE! So it's new news!

    You and the idiot that modded you up don't really understand that this isn't a patent story.

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