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The firm of Redmond said that they discovered a network of smartphones zombies, what Google refutes. Doubt remains over while the expert indicates not verifying its analysis.
All methods are good to discredit a competitor product, and security is the most critical point of Android. Wrongly or rightly. The anti-spam-Terry Zink engineer revealed Tuesday on his blog MSDN have discovered with certainty a network of smartphones zombies sending spam.
The source would be a pirated version of a paid software, which would take possession of the Yahoo Mail account registered on the device. All unwanted messages are thus signed an "Envoy via Yahoo! Mail on Android". The botnet would occur in the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe. So far from the United States.
The expert would have wrongly assumed. Reality or FUD?
Except that... Google has very quickly responded, saying that the evidence does not support the theory of the expert from Microsoft. "Our analysis suggests that spammers use computers infected with a false mobile signature to override mechanisms anti-spam platform that they use" explains the firm of Mountain View.
The expert responded that he considered the possibility of camouflaged messages, but that he considered more likely that it was a network of terminals Android, without more evidence. A specialist of Sophos indicates also unable to be sure.
Attempt to FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt") or true discovery? Yahoo explained to The Register to consider this case to determine the reality of the problem.
