A recent spear-phishing attack involving a Trojan designed to target Android devices offers an important reminder of the emerging threat of mobile malware, says Kaspersky Lab researcher Kurt Baumgartner. The Trojan had the ability to report back information about the user. Social media and other online channels are being used to exploit or help to fine-tune some of these targeted e-mail attacks, he says. Mobile device users can begin to protect themselves by adding additional security packages to their devices to protect from malicious downloads.”]
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