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blog.mylookout.com
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blog.mylookout.com is the company blog at blog.mylookout.com, writing about security. Since 2010, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Lookout's mobile security blog, linked for posts on analysing Android apps. Comments point to coverage of a wallpaper app's data collection and of trojaned apps repackaged on the Android Market.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
The app in question only sends your phone number, IMSI, and voicemail number. They posted a clarification here: http://blog.mylookout.com/2010/07/mobile-application-analysi...
Comment linking /2010/07/mobile-application-analysis-blackhat/
on “Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloaded by millions”Submitted Nearly three dozen Android apps infected with malware as a story · 11 points
HN discussionApologies if the headline seems a little cryptic. This a link to an ongoing discussion on reddit about how 21 popular apps on the android marketplace were downloaded, had root exploit code added before being repackaged and put up on the official android market for download. There's since been between 50,000-200,000 downloads of these trojaned apps in the past 4 days. There's some commentary here: http://blog.mylooko…
Comment linking /2011/03/security-alert-malware-found-in-official-android-market-droiddream/
on “21 android apps ripped off, exploits added and republished. 200k d/ls.”Submitted Geinimi, Sophisticated New Android Trojan Found in Wild as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacked Websites Serve Suspicious Android Apps (NotCompatible) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted App Genome Project analysis of 300,000 mobile applications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted New Variants of Legacy Native (LeNa) Identified [Android malware] as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What the Google-Motorola acquisition means for Android as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The rise of mobile banking as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How a Phone is Phished as a story · 1 points
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