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'Geinimi' Trojan taking down Android devices in Asia
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article published on 30 December, 2010
Lookout Mobile Security has reported this week that a new Android-based Trojan Horse dubbed "Geinimi" has been taking down Android devices in China over the past month.
So far, there have been no reported cases in Europe or the Americas, as the malware-infected apps have only been seen on Chinese mobile apps websites.
Says the security firm: A new Trojan affecting Android devices has ... [ read the full article ]
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ivymike
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30. December 2010 @ 22:46 |
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The Chinese Gov't must've came up with this one....
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elbald90
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31. December 2010 @ 04:52 |
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hmmm is this an attempt at keeping everyone buying apps from the official sources rather than file sharing?
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plazma247
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31. December 2010 @ 05:27 |
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@ ivymike, im pretty sure its not the Chinese Gov mate, its far more likely to be a western nations.
Dont forget the virus in Iran, that specifically went after the motors of the enricher's.
And the recent probably corporate payback on the anonymous group.
As there is no digital version of the Geneva convention, I think we have only just seen the start of Government's and large corps using tech and the internet in more subversive and questionable ways as they wake up to their potential...
... this is exactly the same as the nuclear arms race, one country starts (did way back) and they all have to follow to keep up until a level of MAD is archived and then it goes one of two ways...
FYI MAD = (mutually assured destruction)
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31. December 2010 @ 06:14 |
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It isn't a virus...it is a trojan. You have to manually install it. We are not talking about an attack here.
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plazma247
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31. December 2010 @ 06:25 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
It isn't a virus...it is a trojan. You have to manually install it. We are not talking about an attack here.
Actually killer if we are going to be pedantic, a trojan is a virus, is the type of, for example:
Worm
Trojan
Root Kit
Back Door
ETC..
PS i belive the free lookout mobile security for droid detects it :)
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31. December 2010 @ 08:45 |
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This is why I'll never give up my trusty old blackberry. There's a reason why they're the only government approves smart phones.
Nothing against Google or the Android community but there's open and there's too open
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plazma247
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31. December 2010 @ 09:04 |
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Originally posted by xyqo:
This is why I'll never give up my trusty old blackberry. There's a reason why they're the only government approves smart phones.
Nothing against Google or the Android community but there's open and there's too open
There is open, to open and then having a pretty good system and turning it off, opening the door and inviting everyone inside, really as the only android concerns have all been the last one so far.
If people will change the option to allow apps from unknow sources, then knowling download warez and hooky apps from untrusted locations and then ends up with a virus as a result... whos to blame... only the user.
And dude, i dont think black berries are the only phone the goverments use... ever heard of FIPS, see Link Here
Seriously its not as if virus's were never created for the blackberry platform, from memory bbproxy was just one. There was also the mess in the middle east where the goverment made the teleco install spyware so they could get at users stuff a year or so before it all blew up places threating to bar them in their country due to not being able sniff data due to encrypted transfers.
This is a good article Link Here.
And thats not to mention the fact that blackberry do their connect software to support other non rim devices, so they can also use the transport system.
At the end of the day use pop3 or imap and set it to use cert based secure sockets and where is the diffirence..... its always amazed me that rim has kept going this long and always made me laugh that despite the face every single gprs ive ever owned included a pop3 client. That it wasnt until the days of the iphone that a large majority of crack berry users i talked to started to realise the berry was not the only device that would email...
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Tristan_2
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31. December 2010 @ 13:27 |
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Gee....I hate to say this but I think Mcaffee...they said apple devices and smartphones would be attacked with viruses on the 28th.......look on New Years Eve and it fucking happens HOURS BEFORE 2011 I Think Mcaffee is doing this this cannot be a coincidence
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Bozobub
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1. January 2011 @ 13:01 |
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Or, perhaps, they see the malware samples coming in, with THAT DATE in the code..? Think a little, man.
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2. January 2011 @ 07:39 |
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Originally posted by Tristan_2:
Gee....I hate to say this but I think Mcaffee...they said apple devices and smartphones would be attacked with viruses on the 28th.......look on New Years Eve and it fucking happens HOURS BEFORE 2011 I Think Mcaffee is doing this this cannot be a coincidence
Paranoid much?
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2. January 2011 @ 09:34 |
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This is why I keep my phone in a condom.
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plazma247
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2. January 2011 @ 09:35 |
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ha :-p its good that in this day and age to know people still practice safe text.
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