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  Symantec Identifies Android Trojans That Mutate With Every Download

  Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:04pm CET by samzenpus

  Tags:  android  

  angry tapir writes "Symantec researchers have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection. This technique is known as server-side polymorphism and has already existed in the world of desktop malware for many years, but mobile malware creators have only now begun to adopt it."

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