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Google disputes Android botnet spam claim

25 points by iProject 14y ago

losethos 14y ago
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14&version=NIV http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14... God says... I'm_not_sure hopefully I'm_done Percival Jesus gross little_buddy ---- Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. ” 8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[d] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know, ” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” ---- God says... do_you_want_another love taxes Oy King_Midas glam you_know_a_better_God astronomical Mom test_pilot chill Ghost didn't_I_say_that are_you_sure Mars quit BRB what_do_you_want sing
azylman 14y ago
"He added that it was 'entirely possible' that the spammers had faked the message formatting to make it look like it originated on a phone. However, he added, there was no doubt that the number of malicious programs written for Android was on the increase. Given that he said: 'The reason these messages appear to come from Android devices is because they did come from Android devices.'" Sorry, what? "It's possible I'm wrong, but because people are writing malicious programs for Android, I'm actually right."
btilly 14y ago
The fact that Yahoo's mail app allows session hijacking over open wifi seems like a much more plausible explanation than an Android botnet that is weirdly geographically limited. Or if there actually is an Android botnet, the problematic history of (in)security in Yahoo's mail app combined with the fact that the spam is using it suggests that that is where attention should be focused.

25 points by iProject 14y ago

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14&version=NIV http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+14... God says... I'm_not_sure hopefully I'm_done Percival Jesus gross little_buddy ---- Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. ” 8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[d] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know, ” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” ---- God says... do_you_want_another love taxes Oy King_Midas glam you_know_a_better_God astronomical Mom test_pilot chill Ghost didn't_I_say_that are_you_sure Mars quit BRB what_do_you_want sing

azylman 14y ago

"He added that it was 'entirely possible' that the spammers had faked the message formatting to make it look like it originated on a phone. However, he added, there was no doubt that the number of malicious programs written for Android was on the increase. Given that he said: 'The reason these messages appear to come from Android devices is because they did come from Android devices.'" Sorry, what? "It's possible I'm wrong, but because people are writing malicious programs for Android, I'm actually right."

btilly 14y ago

The fact that Yahoo's mail app allows session hijacking over open wifi seems like a much more plausible explanation than an Android botnet that is weirdly geographically limited. Or if there actually is an Android botnet, the problematic history of (in)security in Yahoo's mail app combined with the fact that the spam is using it suggests that that is where attention should be focused.