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To: Doren who wrote (162807)	12/13/2013 8:51:06 AM
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Made in Russia? All of the top 100 Android apps have been hacked - and banking apps are top targets 100 out of the top 100 Android apps have been hacked - and often repackaged with “extra” ingredients such as software which steals private information such as photos and passwords. More and more of us use our smartphones and tablets for far more than communication - apps allow us to use Android and iOS devices in the workplace, for shopping, and even for banking. Ofcom predicts that nearly all British households will use a tablet device by 2014. But a new report suggests that cybercriminals have also focused on mobile - with tests showing that 100 out of the top 100 Android apps have been hacked - and often repackaged with “extra” ingredients such as software which steals private information such as photos and passwords. Some have been downloaded by unwitting users hundreds of thousands of times - and remain on their devices even now. More worryingly still, more than half of banking apps have been hacked - 53% of 20 tested on Android and 40% on iPhone. Such hacked apps can be used as part of hi-tech cyber attacks where an infected PC persuades a bank user to ‘update’ their app - and both the PC and the app reassure them nothing is going wrong, while gangs of thieves empty their bank account. More at: uk.news.yahoo.com o~~~ O