Tuesday, March 9, 2010

HTC Android Phones Pre-installed With Mariposa Bot Client

According to one researcher @ Panda Security, upon attaching an HTC Phone to her PC, she found that the phone was pre-loaded with the Mariposa bot client. Mariposa has been in the news of late thanks to some arrests connected to the operation of the botnet.

Security researchers have found that Vodafone, one of the world’s larger wireless providers, is distributing some HTC phones with malware pre-installed on them. – Threat Post

Read Threat Posts original story for more details…

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