Spying virus infects smartphones, mimics regular software update

[DeSwiss]

RT * Published on Aug 7, 2014

A Russian IT company has discovered half-a-million phones across the globe are infected with malware, allowing them to be controlled remotely. With it, everything from your banking passwords to your text messages could be spied on. RT's Neil Harvey spoke with a member of the company that uncovered the security breach.

- Angela Merkel's still PO'd about the NSA hacking her phone. AND..... she wants to know what the hell is the holdup in releasing her naked pictures!?!?

[stonecutter357]

1. It's just stupid to not know why we would spy on Germany.

[Overseas]

2. K&R.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. And how do you tell whether you're a victim of this?

[DeSwiss]

4. From the article:

More than 541,000 smartphones running on Android in Russia, Europe and the US are already infected with malware which grants the perpetrators full access to people’s mobile devices, a report by the Moscow-based company said.

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