Google: BadNews Malware Wasn't Really Bad, After All

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When reports surfaced about 'BadNews,' a new family of mobile malware that affected Google Android devices the news sounded — well — bad. BadNews was described by Lookout Mobile Security as a new kind of mobile malware for the Android platform-one that harness mobile ad networks to push out malicious links, harvest information on compromised devices and more. Now, six weeks later, a senior member of Google's Android security team claims that BadNews wasn't really all that bad, after all. Speaking at an event in Washington D.C. sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission, Google employee and Android team member Adrian Ludwig threw cold water on reports linking BadNews to sites that installed malicious programs (https://securityledger.com/2013/06/google-badnews-malware-not-so-bad-after-all/). The search giant, he said, had not found any evidence linking BadNews to so-called SMS 'toll fraud' malware."

http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/06/10/2220213/google-badnews-malware-wasnt-really-bad-after-all