Zombies & Angry Birds Attack: Mobile Phone Malware

blogs.computerworld.com — Zombie viruses have infected over 1 million mobile phones. Angry Birds were poised to attack Android phones. Google pulled the Angry Birds add-on game app and issued a security fix. The proof-of-concept Android exploit showed how easy it was to hack mobile phones. Nov 15, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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Zombies & Angry Birds Attack: Mobile Phone Malware

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bobosmitor Nov 15, 2010

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Always trying to keep one step ahead of the viruses.

amyvernon Nov 15, 2010

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Can't say I'm surprised. We put so much security into our computers, and smartphones are pretty much just mini-computers. Gotta have some security measures.

kevincw01 Nov 15, 2010

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I'm tired of these lame names they keep making up. Let's call it what it is, a simple "scam".

"...McAfee is warning consumers to beware cybercriminals' "smishing" scams during the upcoming holiday season."