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Dec 14, 2011 6:39 pm
SMS Fraud Is Not Unique to Android
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld
Google is yanking a number of apps from the Android Market after discovering that they are fraudulent. Although such apps are more likely to be found with Android than on rival platforms, the concept of fraud is an equal opportunity threat that extends far beyond Android mobile devices.
First, a little background on the action in the Android Market. Google has reportedly removed 22 apps from the Android Market that were identified as fraudulent. The apps in question pose as legitimate, popular apps like Angry Birds, or the Opera Mobile browser, but lure users into sending costly premium SMS text messages.
[Click to enlarge] Warning symbolWhen it comes to fraud, the weakness is the user, not the operating system.Lookout Mobile Security has been instrumental in uncovering the Android Market fraud and working with Google to weed out the apps. Lookout believes the fraud is originating from Russia, so it gave the apps the apropos name ?RuFraud?.
Detailed information at:
http://www.pcworld.c....html#tk.hp_pop
SMS Fraud Is Not Unique to Android
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld
Google is yanking a number of apps from the Android Market after discovering that they are fraudulent. Although such apps are more likely to be found with Android than on rival platforms, the concept of fraud is an equal opportunity threat that extends far beyond Android mobile devices.
First, a little background on the action in the Android Market. Google has reportedly removed 22 apps from the Android Market that were identified as fraudulent. The apps in question pose as legitimate, popular apps like Angry Birds, or the Opera Mobile browser, but lure users into sending costly premium SMS text messages.
[Click to enlarge] Warning symbolWhen it comes to fraud, the weakness is the user, not the operating system.Lookout Mobile Security has been instrumental in uncovering the Android Market fraud and working with Google to weed out the apps. Lookout believes the fraud is originating from Russia, so it gave the apps the apropos name ?RuFraud?.
Detailed information at:
http://www.pcworld.c....html#tk.hp_pop
