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New Tool Makes Android Malware Easier To Create

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-b-c-1-2-3 dept.

itwbennett writes "A new commercial tool designed to allow cybercriminals to easily transform legitimate Android applications into malicious software has hit the underground market, paving the way for cheap and easy development of sophisticated Android malware. Security researchers from Symantec said Wednesday in a blog post that the tool, called Dendroid, is marketed by its creators as an Android remote administration tool (RAT) and is being sold for $300."

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  1. Less Intelligent? by jawnah · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This would appear to be a solution marketed to the less intelligent software developers and schemers. The tool's "dashboard" is hosted by the tool creators. Let me help you out: You do all the work of baking our toolkit into your stuff and, at some random point in the future, we'll take the client off your hands at no charge.

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