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Title: Mobile App Attacks: No Malware, No Problem
Post by: HCK on August 19, 2014, 09:00:22 pm
Mobile App Attacks: No Malware, No Problem

Traditional attack methods, like those used with the recent mobile online banking Trojan Svpeng, involve the installation of malware on the device to steal information and commit fraud. However, new techniques are emerging that would enable an attacker to compromise a device and steal private information from the owner -- for example, the typical copycat app on a third-party app store.

Source: Mobile App Attacks: No Malware, No Problem (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80914.html?rss=1)