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Return of the Android SMS virus – self-spreading “Selfmite” worm comes back for more
Back in June 2014, we wrote about an Android virus that worked a bit like the email worms of the early 2000s. Well, that Android virus has made a comeback, and this variant is both pushier and more flexible than before…
Anatomy of an Android SMS virus – watch out for text messages, even from your friends!
Paul Ducklin looks into “Andr/SlfMite-A”, an Android SMS virus. The malware sends itself to your top 20 contacts and foists an third party app for an alternative Android software market onto your device…