Android winning again ...

[-hh]

In Malware exploits, unfortunately:

"F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"

(boy, how is that for damning with faint praise?)

<http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/f-secure-android-malware-
ecosystem-resem/240154878>


"The number of new... continued to rise by 49% from the previous
quarter... 91.3 percent of these were Android and ...8.7 percent
Symbian...."

FYI for the math-challenged, 91.3% (Android) + 8.7% (Symbian) =
100.0%.

Which means that all non-mentioned mobile OSs were 0.0%.


-hh

[flatfish+++]

lol !

Get ready for the FOSSies to attempt to spin this bad news.

Android Linux = The operating system that has made making a phone
call dangerous.

--
flatfish+++
PLEASE VISIT OUR HALL OF LINUX IDIOTS:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

[Lusotec]

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- -hh wrote:
> In Malware exploits, unfortunately:
>
> "F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"

Just like a Tamarin resembles a Gorilla.

> (boy, how is that for damning with faint praise?)
>
> <http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/f-secure-android-malware-
> ecosystem-resem/240154878>
>
> "The number of new... continued to rise by 49% from the previous
> quarter... 91.3 percent of these were Android and ...8.7 percent
> Symbian...."

That is a good example of dishonest quoting! Here is the complete paragraph.

<quote>
The number of new mobile threat families and variants continued to rise by
49% from the previous quarter, from 100 to 149. 136, or 91.3 percent of
these were Android and 13, or 8.7 percent Symbian. Q1 2013 numbers are more
than double that of a year ago in Q1 2012, when 61 new families and variants
were discovered.
</quote>

*136* new malware families and variants for Android in three months.

*136* is less than then average number of new malware families and variants
for Windows per *hour*.

> FYI for the math-challenged, 91.3% (Android) + 8.7% (Symbian) =
> 100.0%.
>
> Which means that all non-mentioned mobile OSs were 0.0%.

Well, that is an /improvement/ from a year ago when it was claimed in COLA
that all (as in 100%) new mobile malware was targeting Android.

Regards.





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[Snit]

On 5/15/13 5:41 AM, in article 1ggcwpiaj24ol$.1qawibkp...@40tude.net,

"flatfish+++" <phlat...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 15 May 2013 05:18:58 -0700 (PDT), -hh wrote:
>
>> In Malware exploits, unfortunately:
>>
>> "F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"
>>
>> (boy, how is that for damning with faint praise?)
>>
>> <http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/f-secure-android-malware-
>> ecosystem-resem/240154878>
>>
>>
>> "The number of new... continued to rise by 49% from the previous
>> quarter... 91.3 percent of these were Android and ...8.7 percent
>> Symbian...."
>>
>> FYI for the math-challenged, 91.3% (Android) + 8.7% (Symbian) =
>> 100.0%.
>>
>> Which means that all non-mentioned mobile OSs were 0.0%.
>>
>>
>> -hh
>
> lol !
>
> Get ready for the FOSSies to attempt to spin this bad news.
>
> Android Linux = The operating system that has made making a phone
> call dangerous.
>

Google is the new MS... and only users of MS and Google OSs are at a high
risk of malware.


--
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fiction: <http://bit.ly/Y741mf>.
Using Bilk's own "logic" he posts his lies because the Underground
Marshmallow People pay him to.

<http://bit.ly/19aDAxL>
"Maybe I am that way because people kept telling me I was mentally ill. But
I never was. I just saw monsters. Them." - Mark S. Bilk

[flatfish+++]

On Wed, 15 May 2013 08:08:07 -0700, Snit wrote:

> On 5/15/13 5:41 AM, in article 1ggcwpiaj24ol$.1qawibkp...@40tude.net,
> "flatfish+++" <phlat...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 May 2013 05:18:58 -0700 (PDT), -hh wrote:
>>
>>> In Malware exploits, unfortunately:
>>>
>>> "F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"
>>>
>>> (boy, how is that for damning with faint praise?)
>>>
>>> <http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/f-secure-android-malware-
>>> ecosystem-resem/240154878>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The number of new... continued to rise by 49% from the previous
>>> quarter... 91.3 percent of these were Android and ...8.7 percent
>>> Symbian...."
>>>
>>> FYI for the math-challenged, 91.3% (Android) + 8.7% (Symbian) =
>>> 100.0%.
>>>
>>> Which means that all non-mentioned mobile OSs were 0.0%.
>>>
>>>
>>> -hh
>>
>> lol !
>>
>> Get ready for the FOSSies to attempt to spin this bad news.
>>
>> Android Linux = The operating system that has made making a phone
>> call dangerous.
>>
> Google is the new MS... and only users of MS and Google OSs are at a high
> risk of malware.

As predicted many years ago by the so called trolls in COLA.

[Cola Zealot]

Lusotec wrote:
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> - -hh wrote:
>> In Malware exploits, unfortunately:
>>
>> "F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"
>
> Just like a Tamarin resembles a Gorilla.
>

Please stop posting your dishonest Windows rants.
There is only *one* malware magnet these days: Linux Android
Whether you like it or not!
Learn to live with it, fool!

[Snit]

On 5/15/13 8:18 AM, in article f2yggdbl2ug6.d84hf6p9fuuj$.d...@40tude.net,

"flatfish+++" <phlat...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> lol !
>>>
>>> Get ready for the FOSSies to attempt to spin this bad news.
>>>
>>> Android Linux = The operating system that has made making a phone
>>> call dangerous.
>>>
>> Google is the new MS... and only users of MS and Google OSs are at a high
>> risk of malware.
>
> As predicted many years ago by the so called trolls in COLA.

And denied by the "advocates" who pretend to know so much.

[Homer]

Verily I say unto thee that Lusotec spake thusly:

>
> *136* new malware families and variants for Android in three months.

Like every other example of sensationalist Android "malware" FUD, the
article fails to clarify that this so-called "malware" is actually
nothing more than social-engineering, every example of which requires
the user to voluntarily and deliberately install and run it, and as such
has precisely zero to do with software security.

This is no more "malware" than persuading some gullible user to run:
'su -c "rm -fr /"'

Compare that to the Swiss-Cheese security of Windows, where one can be
infected just by visiting a Web page or reading an email.

--
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http://slated.org | and blood within this cloak to kill. There is
Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on šky | only an idea. And ideas are bulletproof."
kernel 2.6.31.5, up 2:41 | ~ V for Vendetta.

[Cola Zealot]

Oil can Harry wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee that Lusotec spake thusly:
>>
>> *136* new malware families and variants for Android in three months.
>
> Like every other example of sensationalist Android "malware" FUD, the
> article fails to clarify that this so-called "malware" is actually
> nothing more than social-engineering, every example of which requires
> the user to voluntarily and deliberately install and run it, and as
> such has precisely zero to do with software security.
>
> This is no more "malware" than persuading some gullible user to run:
> 'su -c "rm -fr /"'
>
> Compare that to the Swiss-Cheese security of Windows, where one can be
> infected just by visiting a Web page or reading an email.

lol just another futile attempt to spin the bad news, isn't it Homo?
--

"Android Linux = The operating system that has made making a phone call
dangerous."

"Android Linux = the new malware magnet"

[Snit]

On 5/15/13 10:41 AM, in article dvtc6a-...@sky.matrix, "Homer"

<use...@slated.org> wrote:

> Verily I say unto thee that Lusotec spake thusly:
>>
>> *136* new malware families and variants for Android in three months.
>
> Like every other example of sensationalist Android "malware" FUD, the
> article fails to clarify that this so-called "malware" is actually
> nothing more than social-engineering, every example of which requires
> the user to voluntarily and deliberately install and run it, and as such
> has precisely zero to do with software security.
>
> This is no more "malware" than persuading some gullible user to run:
> 'su -c "rm -fr /"'
>
> Compare that to the Swiss-Cheese security of Windows, where one can be
> infected just by visiting a Web page or reading an email.

Much of Windows malware was also based on social engineering.

Your bias is showing.

The reality is there are only two OSs where there users have a significant
risk of malware: Windows and Android. You can twist this all you want, but
it is the truth.

[Snit]

On 5/15/13 11:37 AM, in article kn0kiu$l6k$1...@news.albasani.net, "Cola

Homer cannot stand that Google has become the new MS, even to the point of
having the new OS where users have to be afraid of malware.

[Ezekiel]

"Snit" <use...@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote in message
news:CDB926DD.1AEDA%use...@gallopinginsanity.com...

> On 5/15/13 11:37 AM, in article kn0kiu$l6k$1...@news.albasani.net, "Cola
> Zealot" <Cola_...@fuckoff.com> wrote:
>
>> Oil can Harry wrote:
>>> Verily I say unto thee that Lusotec spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>> *136* new malware families and variants for Android in three months.
>>>
>>> Like every other example of sensationalist Android "malware" FUD, the
>>> article fails to clarify that this so-called "malware" is actually
>>> nothing more than social-engineering, every example of which requires
>>> the user to voluntarily and deliberately install and run it, and as
>>> such has precisely zero to do with software security.
>>>
>>> This is no more "malware" than persuading some gullible user to run:
>>> 'su -c "rm -fr /"'

Bullshit.

<quote>
It turns out that the "Dirty USSD" exploit demonstrated yesterday on Samsung
devices affects ***all Android devices*** running anything below Android
4.1.x aka Jelly Bean. During his presentation, Borgaonkar mentioned that the
same attack can be used to "kill" SIM cards.... ... vulnerable to remote
wipe or permanent destruction of the SIM card - if they haven't been updated
since June. He added that all Android devices running Android 2.3.x
(Gingerbread), 3.x (Honeycomb), 4.0.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) and 4.1.x (Jelly
Bean) are vulnerable to this flaw if they had not been updated since June.



Hole in Android kernel gives full read-write permissions to all physical
memory

The security hole resides in the Android kernel of Samsung handsets running
an Exynos 4210 or 4412 processor. While it creates a new and easier method
for end users to root their devices, it also gives installed apps full
read-write permissions to all physical memory. That, in turn, allows apps to
gain unfettered control of a handset, opening the door to malware with
rootkit-like capabilities. It also allows one app to monitor data processed
by a second app or the operating system.
<quote>


--
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before he loses what little is left of his credibility."

Homer - "Mr. Credibility" himself worried about the lack of credibility
Linus has left within the Linux community.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/9dd4f899cbc29f3e?hl=en

[bbgruff]

Cola Zealot wrote:

> Lusotec wrote:
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>> - -hh wrote:
>>> In Malware exploits, unfortunately:
>>>
>>> "F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"
>>
>> Just like a Tamarin resembles a Gorilla.
>>
> Please stop posting your dishonest

They are not dishonest. They are statements of fact.

> Windows rants.

They are not rants - just facts.

> There is only *one* malware magnet these days: Linux Android

Now that *is* dishonest!
*The* malware magnet remains Windows, by orders of magnitude.
That in spite of the fact that there are already half as many Android users
as there are Windows users, and that sales of Android devices are *double*
the sales of Windows devices.

> Whether you like it or not!

Oh, we like it - we particularly like the way that the facts cause the
juveniles like you to rant :-)

> Learn to live with it, fool!

It's you who's the fool, sunshine!

[chrisv]

bbgruff wrote:

> Cola Shitwit wrote:
>>
>> There is only *one* malware magnet these days: Linux Android
>
>Now that *is* dishonest!

Shamelessly so.

>> Whether you like it or not!
>
>Oh, we like it - we particularly like the way that the facts cause the
>juveniles like you to rant :-)

Indeed, the Linux-haters have the minds of shitty, retarded children.

--
"It's like they want (Linux) to stay rubbish so they can use it as
their own private playground.'" - "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark

[GreyCloud]

On 5/15/2013 1:07 PM, bbgruff wrote:
> Cola Zealot wrote:
>
>> Lusotec wrote:
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>>> - -hh wrote:
>>>> In Malware exploits, unfortunately:
>>>>
>>>> "F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"
>>>
>>> Just like a Tamarin resembles a Gorilla.
>>>
>> Please stop posting your dishonest
>
> They are not dishonest. They are statements of fact.
>
>> Windows rants.
>
> They are not rants - just facts.
>
>> There is only *one* malware magnet these days: Linux Android
>
> Now that *is* dishonest!
> *The* malware magnet remains Windows, by orders of magnitude.

How would you know? Are you running windows? I haven't yet had any
malware in over a year now. So it must be your FUD.

[GreyCloud]

[-hh]

On May 15, 10:43 am, Lusotec <nom...@nomail.not> wrote:
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> - -hh wrote:
> > In Malware exploits, unfortunately:
>
> > "F-Secure: Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"
>
> Just like a Tamarin resembles a Gorilla.
>
> > (boy, how is that for damning with faint praise?)
>
> > <http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/f-secure-android-malware-
> > ecosystem-resem/240154878>
>
> > "The number of new... continued to rise by 49% from the previous
> > quarter... 91.3 percent of these were Android and ...8.7 percent
> > Symbian...."
>
> That is a good example of dishonest quoting! Here is the complete paragraph.
>
> <quote>
> The number of new mobile threat families and variants continued to rise by
> 49% from the previous quarter, from 100 to 149. 136, or 91.3 percent of
> these were Android and 13, or 8.7 percent Symbian. Q1 2013 numbers are more
> than double that of a year ago in Q1 2012, when 61 new families and variants
> were discovered.
> </quote>
>
> *136* new malware families and variants for Android in three months.
>
> *136* is less than then average number of new malware families and variants
> for Windows per *hour*.

Unfortunately, the truth is that the words that you quoted above very
clearly stated that this malware metric is for ***MOBILE***
applications.

> > FYI for the math-challenged, 91.3% (Android) + 8.7% (Symbian) =
> > 100.0%.
>
> > Which means that all non-mentioned mobile OSs were 0.0%.
>
> Well, that is an /improvement/ from a year ago when it was claimed in COLA
> that all (as in 100%) new mobile malware was targeting Android.

Since the absolute number is still up ... you're celebrating a Pyrrhic
victory.


-hh

[Lusotec]

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- -hh wrote:

I compared Android to Windows just like in your post (remember "F-Secure:
Android Malware Ecosystem Resembling Windows"?) but feel free to move the
goal any where you want.

>> > FYI for the math-challenged, 91.3% (Android) + 8.7% (Symbian) =
>> > 100.0%.
>>
>> > Which means that all non-mentioned mobile OSs were 0.0%.
>>
>> Well, that is an /improvement/ from a year ago when it was claimed in
>> COLA that all (as in 100%) new mobile malware was targeting Android.
>
> Since the absolute number is still up ... you're celebrating a Pyrrhic
> victory.

I was being sarcastic!

Regards.
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