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Lookout: New Android malware family could have affected up to 9 million downloads

article published on 20 April, 2013

Lookout, the popular security suite for Android devices has announced the discovery of BadNews, a malware family that has affected many downloaders. The affected applications have been downloaded up to 9 million times, combined, and Google has only just shut down the developer accounts and the applications thanks to Lookout's warning. In their report, firm describes the malware: "BadNews ... [ read the full article ]

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All the more reason to block the ad servers.


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They must have laughed calling it "BadNews".

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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