Wednesday, July 4, 2012

First Botnet For Android Devices

First Botnet For Android Devices ...



The Microsoft Researcher discover the first BOTNET for Android Mobiles. Botnet control remotely send Emails and Spam Mails.

Terry Zink a Microsoft engineer made this discovery. This application was discovered for pirated applications.


Terry Zink describes how he analyzed the headers of spam samples containing the signature "Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android," tracing them to a number of locations in the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe. "I am betting that the users of those phones downloaded some malicious Android app in order to avoid paying for a legitimate version and they got more than they bargained for," writes Zink. "Either that or they acquired a rogue Yahoo Mail app."


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