Some of Our Sources
- Slashdot
- Team Treehouse
- Joshua Blankenship
- Smashing Magazine
- Abduzeedo
- Vandelay Design
- Crazy Leaf Design
- Line 25
- 24 Ways
- Willems Lab
Help Webnuz
Referal links:
March 1, 2011 05:18 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/09SfLre9Bi4/Infected-Androids-Run-Up-Big-Texting-Bills
Infected Androids Run Up Big Texting Bills
Hugh Pickens writes "Computerworld reports that a rogue Android app is hijacking smartphones and running up big texting bills to premium rate numbers before the owner knows it. Chinese hackers grabbed a copy of Steamy Windows, a free program, added a backdoor Trojan horse to the app's code, then placed the reworked app on unsanctioned third-party "app stores" where unsuspecting or careless Android smartphones find it, download it and install it." 
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/09SfLre9Bi4/Infected-Androids-Run-Up-Big-Texting-Bills
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot