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Symantec antivirus Manufacturers claiming to have found hundreds of malicious applications Play in Google's Store. The danger anymore, that the application has been downloaded millions of times by users of Android.

Some time ago the researchers from North Carolina State University published a video about applications that can do a simulation receiving text messages from a bogus source (SMSpoofing).

SMS spoofing techniques can be used for a variety of purposes, including malicious phishing attacks SMS (SMSishing), which can trick people to give confidential banking information or subscribe to a paid service which in fact are not desirable.

Although the code is already well documented publicly and in use since 2010, Symantec claimed never found an example of this code is to attack SMSishing.

But it turns out otherwise, most applications use this code to convey advertising messages, including a few hundred applications stored in Google's Play.

Symantec noted there are more than 250 applications have been using these techniques, including 200 applications currently in Google's Play which has been downloaded millions of times. Such a description is received detikINET recorded, Saturday (10/11/2012).

The mode of the application being performed also belongs to the dodgy fake SMS, to send this application does not need to use the cellular network, and in fact is precisely the message has not been sent or received.

In fact, the system that is responsible for receiving SMS deceived so consider a message has been received and will be saved into the system. With this cyber criminals can just do a SMSishing attacks without the need for special permission to perform the action.

Some applications that use this code can integrate text messages with instant messaging service or other online service. Thus, users are advised to be more careful or using the latest antivirus applications to protect themselves.

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