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Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 20 Mar 2010, 17:53
by dedanna1029
Here.
I never thought of the Vodaphone as being all that anyway, but I'm not into Android anything, either.
Is there a reason I put this in Open Source? Should I move it? To where?Okay, done, moved to where I thought it would get the most exposure... ? And a temporary sticky too. If you think that's too much, please let me know. Thanks!
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 21 Mar 2010, 18:35
by viking60
I think this deserves to be on the frontpage of the News. Not sure if it is Linux or Win news though
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 21 Mar 2010, 19:41
by dedanna1029
Ooo! My first sticky here!
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 15:40
by rolf
That's interesting. I wonder where the bug got injected?
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 17:02
by viking60
It is my understanding that the hardware/software was manipulated before it hit the market.
"Last week, three people were arrested in Spain on charges of operating a massive botnet composed of 12.7 million PCs that stole credit card and bank log-in data and infected computers in half of the Fortune 1,000 companies and more than 40 banks. The botnet was dubbed "Mariposa," which means butterfly in Spanish."
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 13 Apr 2010, 20:45
by dedanna1029
So does that mean I can un-sticky this thread now?
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 00:43
by b1o
viking60 wrote:I think this deserves to be on the frontpage of the News. Not sure if it is Linux or Win news though
That would be linux news, after all android uses the linux kernel and the gpl license for the software ^^
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 00:48
by viking60
Yes I guess you are right, It could be "unsticked" now. And what say you moderator should we move it ?
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 01:53
by dedanna1029
To... ? General News?
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 01:55
by viking60
That or Linux New as b1o suggests - what do you think?
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 01:59
by dedanna1029
Sorry b1o but I don't call the Android phone (which is a bunch of googlified nonsense to me anyway) Linux.
Plus the fact that it's a phone we're talking about here.
Moving to General.
The boss has spoken.
Re: Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone
Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 02:07
by b1o
Hehe it's not a GNU/Linux disto, i agree on that one ^^
It uses the Linux kernel so i guess it has something do with linux, I have an android phone and i love it but i would not call it linux as you don't have the same freedoms as on your computer, though i think it would be unlikely to achieve the same result in a phone
So no argument from me, fits well in the general news, but windows news would have been wrong as it has nothing to do with windows ^^