Android SMS trojans: new platform, ‘old’ tricks

2010-12-01

Denis Maslennikov

Kaspersky Lab, Russia

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

August 2010 saw the appearance of the first piece of malware for the Android mobile platform. Denis Maslennikov examines three variants of the FakePlayer SMS trojan.

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