Thursday, February 2, 2012

Android apps use server-side polymorphism to evade detection - ZDNet (blog)

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[****Android** apps use server-side polymorphism to evade detection**][3]
**ZDNet (blog)**
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | February 2, 2012, 7:11am PST Summary: Tricks that worked for the bad guys on Windows now being reused for **Android**. Malware writers use all sorts of tricks to avoid detection, and one of those is called polymorphism.
[Symantec changes their mind on **Android** malware][4]SlashGear
[**Android** "malware" turned out to be benign][5]Android Apps Appolicious
[Counterclank Apps To Remain In **Android** Market][6]InformationWeek
[Help Net Security][7] -[Mobot.net (blog)][2] -[Android Community][8]
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