Friday, October 10, 2014

Android worm Selfmite.b sends texts all of your contacts and urges them to install alternative app markets



Nobody loves viruses, malware, trojans, or worms, but these malicious pieces of software have spread themselves to our smartphones, exploiting each and every security flaw that exists. Being the most popular mobile platform, Android is unfortunately the most common target for malware and worms, and one of the latest ones has the potential to supercharge your cell phone bill to unfathomable heights.



Named Selfmite.b, this worm is a lot more potent and “severe” successor of Selfmite.a, an Android worm that spread itself via an APK file and sent SMS messages to the first 20 contacts in ...



from PhoneArena - News http://ift.tt/1ECwip0

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