Asian cybercriminals have figured out an unusual way to use the architecture of a mobile ad network to siphon money from their victims. The new method represents another step in the evolution of mobile malware, which is booming with more smartphones shipping than PCs. The majority of Android malware today, 77 percent, wring money from victims through paid messaging services, Juniper Networks’ latest mobile threat report says. Once installed, the malware takes control of the phone’s messaging service to send text to premium rate numbers.”]
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