“On Monday, Russian officials announced a successful series of raids against a hacking gang who plotted to rob banks around the world,” Alfred Ng reports for CNET. “The gang, named after their malware ‘Cron,’ infected more than a million Android phones in Russia and stole more than 50 million rubles (roughly $892,000, £685,412, AU$1.2 million) from bank customers, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.”
“Russian hackers have made headlines in recent months,” Ng reports. “In March, it was revealed that Russian spies were involved in the historic breach of 1.5 billion Yahoo accounts, and the US continues to investigate Russian hackers’ interference with the 2016 presidential election. This latest arrest is a reminder that Russian citizens also have to deal with hacks from their home country.”
“Cron, the Android-based malware, took over a person’s phone, allowing thieves to send text messages to the victims’ bank and ask for it to transfer an average $140 per victim, according to Russian cybersecurity firm Group-IB. The virus would then hide any incoming notification from the banks on the infected phones,” Ng reports. “With more than 2 billion devices in the world and fragmented updates for security, Android users were a prime target, Group-IB said.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Android. The Typhoid Mary of Mobile. Giving Windows a run for its money since 2008.
Anyone who values their security and privacy would be foolish to use any device that fails to sport the Apple logo. — MacDailyNews, March 22, 2016
SEE ALSO:
36 widely-used Android devices ship with malware preinstalled – March 14, 2017
The cost of free: More than one million Google Android devices hit by malware – November 30, 2016
Secret backdoor in U.S. Android phones sent location, text, contact data to China – November 15, 2016
Poor man’s iPhone: Android on the decline – February 26, 2015
Study: iPhone users are smarter and richer than those who settle for Android phones – January 22, 2015
Why Android users can’t have the nicest things – January 5, 2015
iPhone users earn significantly more than those who settle for Android phones – October 8, 2014
Yet more proof that Android is for poor people – June 27, 2014
More proof that Android is for poor people – May 13, 2014
Android users poorer, shorter, unhealthier, less educated, far less charitable than Apple iPhone users – November 13, 2013
IDC data shows two thirds of Android’s 81% smartphone share are cheap junk phones – November 13, 2013
CIRP: Apple iPhone users are younger, richer, and better educated than those who settle for Samsung knockoff phones – August 19, 2013
iPhone users smarter, richer than Android phone users – August 16, 2011
Study: Apple iPhone users richer, younger, more productive than other so-called ‘smartphone’ users – June 12, 2009
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “TJ” for the heads up.]
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LINK to allllll Seth Rich stuff…..
Oh it’s just too much. There’s so much smoke there, and you guys are so defensive. Hahahahahah. Vlad is pleased with you.
Hillbots are blowing smoke about the whole “Russiagate” thing, even though there is zero evidence behind it, so they should not complain about conspiracy theories.
Yes, there is no evidence; It’s all to keep Hillary and the NeoLib DNC relevant in order to get Hillary elected, finally.
iPhones unaffected.
“The Russians did it!” – Democrat operatives
Translation: We forced a historically bad candidate into the nomination via backroom deals, epically miscalculated public sentiment, took crucial states for granted, overlooked the voters’ appetite for more years of crooked Clinton escapades, and lost because of it. So, instead of taking sober stock of what happened and setting about fixing our party’s issues, like the Republicans would do (and did), we just invented an excuse, blaming it on “The Russians,” so we can still try to get jobs running campaigns (into the ground) for years to come!
Obama is a neolib maniac who has expanded the number of illegal wars waged, carried out illegal totalitarian executions of the citizens of the USA without trial, persecuted journalists more than all previous presidents, combined, greatly expanded illegal drone program, as well as Orwellian spying powers of the Deep State.
And, of course, Obama has supported right-wing/neo-Nazist/Wahhabi-Salafi-terrorist regime change coups and proxy wars in Honduras, Libya, Ukraine and in Syria.
Hillary has promised all of that, but even more hawkish. Trump has given up to the pressure of the Deep State in just few months and has resumed the program to fund and train Wahhabi/Salafi terrorists in Syria as a tool to overthrow the secular non-sectarian government there as it benefits Saudis, Qatar, Israel and Turkey.
Oh, if only we could have some fine, ethical and noble president like — ummm — Steve Bannon or — Rush Limbaugh. Maybe Kid Rock. Yehhh. Awesome.
Maybe.
Yeah, we were screwed both ways from sunday with this past election. No wonder it came down to an obsolete remnant of the slave era to select the present idiot.
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All those affected appear to have downloaded the Cron embedded apps from 3rd party sites and installed ‘fake’ apps. Those novice enough to never turn on “access 3rd party” app stores appear to be unaffected.