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Android phones 'used for botnet'

Santiago : Chile | Jul 05, 2012 at 6:27 AM PDT
Source: BBC
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Android smartphones 'used for botnet', researchers say Android devices are believed to be sending out spam messages similar to this example Smartphones running Google's Android software have been hijacked by an illegal botnet, according to a Microsoft researcher. FULL ARTICLE AT BBC
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