A new trojan for Android has been discovered that can help carry out Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The malware is also capable of receiving commands from criminals as well as sending text messages for spamming purposes.
That’s a cool feature my iPhone doesn’t have. I’ll give you that Android fans.
It includes support for Android tablets, something the iOS app doesn’t yet.
User alephzain at xda-developers reported yesterday that a severe vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note II, and potentially several other devices, could give remotely downloaded apps the ability to read user data, brick phones, or perform other malicious activities. “The good news is we can easily obtain root on these devices and the bad is there is no control over it,” alephzain writes. While many vulnerabilities that pop up require physical access to a phone, multiple developers indicate that this newly-identified issue is far more severe, since it could allow apps downloaded from the Google Play Store an easy way to exploit the devices.
And that’s, the wonder of Samsung.
Some of them viruses and trojans.
ArsTechnica:
The researchers identified 41 applications in Google’sPlay Marketthat leaked sensitive data as it traveled between handsets running the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android and webservers for banks and other online services. By connecting the devices to a local area network that used a variety of well-known exploits, some of themavailable online, the scientists were able to defeat the secure sockets layer and transport layer security protocols implemented by the apps. Their research paper didn’t identify the programs, except to say they have been downloaded from 39.5 million and 185 million times, based on Google statistics.
“We could gather bank account information, payment credentials for PayPal, American Express and others,” the researchers, from Germany’s Leibniz University of Hannover and Philipps University of Marburg, wrote. “Furthermore, Facebook, email and cloud storage credentials and messages were leaked, access to IP cameras was gained and control channels for apps and remote servers could be subverted.” Other exposed data included the contents of e-mails and instant messages.
Android apps used by millions vulnerable to password, e-mail theft
Bad Piggies gameplay trailer. It’s in Flash, Yahoo hasn’t gotten the memo yet.
Fruit vs Robot.
Compete head-to-head against the rival team in a selection of trivia, board and arcade games.
Play multiplayer in real time against opposing fruit and robot players or challenge your friends through Facebook.
Interesting game, gives new meaning to Android vs iOS. Available of course for Android and iOS.
