Freebie tricksters unleash spam botnet using Android phones
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 05:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—Cloudmark, a San Francisco based messaging security company, posted a notice on Sunday that an Android trojan is being used to create simple havoc, aka an SMS spam botnet. Cyber-thieves dangling the lure of free access to popular games such as Angry Birds Space and Need for Speed Most Wanted are staging attacks for the purpose of turning victims' Android phones into spam-sending monsters. Smartphone security company, Lookout, also based in San Francisco, is referring to the spammer botnet as SpamSoldier. The company also warned that it is spread through SMS messages that advertise free versions of paid games.