On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 20:24 +0000, Barry Titterton wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12633923 > > They sound more like trojans than viruses to my untrained ear. > I expect the same would apply to any linux system if you installed a bad > software package; the malicious code would then be free to do what it > liked. Though it does say towards the end of the article that Google has > closed the vulnerabilities that the code was exploiting. > > The article also quoted Trend Micro having a swipe at Open Source saying > that it was "a very attractive criminal playground". > > Would the experts like to comment on my understanding of this, or on > security in general?
They forgot (or I am going blind and missed it) that it was less than 5 minutes after Google were alerted till the apps were removed from the store. Not bad going really As you said, they were boobytrapped with a trojan which was capable of sending loads of personal data and also downloading other malicious content. Vince -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
