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Security Researchers Concerned About Android Market Remote Install Feature

Security researchers have expressed concern about a feature of the newly released Android Market, which allows people to remotely install software on their smartphones.A Web-based Android Market that can be browsed from a normal computer with a normal browser, in a similar manner to Apple's App Store, has long b...

4 February 2011
10:59 GMT

Free Smartphone Spyware Tool Is Actively Developed

A software developer has released a new variant of a free Windows Mobile spyware application, which is capable of stealing call logs, SMS messages, contacts, appointments and even track people via GPS.Chet Striker, the creator of the program, which he dubbed Phone Creeper, advertises it as a phone espionage suite and...

16 October 2010
07:09 GMT

Spyware App Advertised as Snake Game on Android Market

Security researchers have identified a mobile spyware application, which tracks users' GPS location, being advertised and distributed on the Android Market as a game.The rogue application is called "Tap Snake" and according to its description, its supposed to be "Yet another modification of the Google Android Sn...

17 August 2010
11:07 GMT

Smartphone Spyware Used for Illegal Wiretapping in Romania

Romanian authorities arrested 50 individuals for using a special mobile-phone program to spy on their spouses, business partners or the competition. The spyware was able to steal call logs, e-mails, SMS messages or GPS data from smartphones and allowed attackers to eavesdrop on active phone calls and private discussi...

4 June 2010
06:11 GMT


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