FBI Issues Android Virus Warning

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 15, 2012 @10:15AM from the protect-ya-neck dept.

Dupple writes "The IC3 has been made aware of various malware attacking Android operating systems for mobile devices. Some of the latest known versions of this type of malware are Loozfon and FinFisher. Loozfon is an information-stealing piece of malware. Criminals use different variants to lure the victims. One version is a work-at-home opportunity that promises a profitable payday just for sending out email. A link within these advertisements leads to a website that is designed to push Loozfon on the user's device. The malicious application steals contact details from the user's address book and the infected device's phone number."

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Re:Which Android? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-15 12:35 · Score: 0, Troll

I love how your posts are pretty much instantly modded to 2. Every one of them. I mean, you might try making it less obvious.
Slashdot has become infested with Google schills but I find it funny more than anything else since it hasn't actually moved the needle on anything but 1st level help desk computer janitors.
As for "Starting with Gingerbread the Android platform stopped causing support headaches", you can't be serious. Android is still an unmanageable clusterfuck in a corporate, even at JB. I hope you're being paid well enough to post that.