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Researchers spot new breed of infected Android apps in the wild

2013-07-24 21:55:25| InfoWorld: Top News

Cyber criminals are successfully using a recently found Master Key vulnerability to inject malicious code into legitimate Android apps without invalidating their digital signatures.

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Chrome Packaged Apps gaining Android powers

2013-07-09 02:32:34| CNET News.com

Chrome's enhanced Web apps, known as Packaged Apps, take on more features to compete with native mobile apps, including in-app payments. [Read more]

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Android vulnerability allows attackers to turn apps into Trojans without breaking their signatures

2013-07-03 20:05:32| InfoWorld: Top News

A vulnerability that has existed in Android for the past four years can allow hackers to modify any legitimate and digitally signed application in order to transform it into a Trojan program that can be used to steal data or take control of the OS. Researchers from San Francisco mobile security startup firm Bluebox Security found the flaw and plan to present it in greater detail at the Black Hat USA security conference in Las Vegas later this month.

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