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Anatomy Of A Russian Cybercrime Ecosystem Targeting Android

Ten Russia-based crime gangs are behind the majority of text-messaging toll fraud campaigns, researchers say. SMS text messaging is the most prevalent form of cybercrime on mobile phones today, a scam that charges premium SMS messages to the unwitting victim. The ten main organizations rely on affiliates to market and distribute the malware and provide them with the point-and-click tools to set up the scams. The malware associated with Russian-based toll fraud made up more than half of all malware detected by Lookout in the first half of this year.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/anatomy-of-a-russian-cybercrime-ecosystem-targeting-android

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