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BBC Creates Smartphone Malware to Expose Vulnerabilities

  • Aug 10, 2010 11:12 AM PDT
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BBC News has shown how straightforward it is to create a malicious application for a smartphone. Over a few weeks, the BBC put together a crude game for a smartphone that also spied on the owner of the handset. The application was built using standard parts from the software toolkits that developers use to create programs for handsets.

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