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Flaws in Samsung Phones Allow Hackers to Make Calls, Install Apps and Change Settings
Two of the vulnerabilities can be leveraged to silently install highly privileged apps without requiring any user interaction. A different issue can be exploited by an attacker to send SMS messages without requiring the android.permission.SEND_SMS permission. 
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The fact that Android malware is an escalating issue comes as no surprise, but a recent analysis of its sheer 'market share' of the mobile malware universe is noteworthy.
Gust MEES's insight:
===> Be AWARE of the MALWARE! <===
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Lookout, ein Hersteller für Sicherheits-Tools für mobile Geräte, hat in einer aufwändigen Studie herausgefunden, dass alleine durch eine Schädlingsfamilie rund 10 Millionen Dollar Schaden entstanden ist.
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Lookout Mobile Security has identified hacked websites targeting Android devices, an attack vector previously only used to infect PCs with malware.
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If you think Android phones are immune from malware, listen up: you need to protect yourself. A recent exploit that stole personal data shows why.
There are a few anti-malware apps for Android, including Norton Antivirus & Security, and McAfee Mobile Security among others. Those can help, but they won’t catch everything.
To really be secure, you also have to pay attention to the permissions an app is looking for when you’re installing...if a game is looking for access to your contact list, think twice before accepting. But in some cases, even that isn’t enough, because this particular exploit didn’t even ask for permissions.
===> Ultimately, you should be trying to only get apps from trusted sources. <===
And you should always try to check around to be sure that an app is safe before installing it on an impulse. Just the same what you used to do (or should have done) on your PC.
The more things change…
Read more: http://www.itworldcanada.com/blogs/android/2012/04/02/android-malware-the-more-things-change/63570/#ixzz1qtiS0RTd
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McAfee makes some predictions about what to expect and trends to watch for security in 2013.
Gust MEES's insight:
===> Be AWARE of the MALWARE! <===
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Mobile malware has now become a profitable industry. Because of its global ubiquity as a phone payment mechanism, premium text billing is the most common tactic used by malware writers to commit financial fraud on mobile.
This class of malware, termed “Toll Fraud,” has become the most prevalent type of malware within the past year. Just one family of Toll Fraud malware, FakeInst, accounted for 82 percent of Lookout user detections in June 2012 and is estimated to have successfully stolen millions of dollars from people in Russia, the Middle East, and parts of Europe.
Read more: http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2260&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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DFI News Digital Forensic Investigator is a multi-media resource for digital forensic professionals working in academic, government, law enforcement, and corporate settings.
Call it Invasion of the iPhone Snatchers: a new FinFisher-based spyware is built to infect iPhones and iPads (and Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone gadgets too) in order to take over the device completely — all unbeknownst to the user.
The smartphones and tablets will innocently appear to be themselves, but in reality the mobile malware is working in the background to track the device’s location, monitor activity and intercept communications including emails, voice calls and text messages.
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Analysts with Lookout Mobile Security have found websites that have been hacked to deliver malicious software to devices running Android, an apparent new attack vector crafted for the mobile operating system.
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Two of the vulnerabilities can be leveraged to silently install highly privileged apps without requiring any user interaction. A different issue can be exploited by an attacker to send SMS messages without requiring the android.permission.SEND_SMS permission.
Another vulnerability can be used to silently make phone calls, send emails and SMSs, and perform “almost any action.”