Monday, March 7, 2011

Google Nukes Malicious Apps Remotely

Google found a number of apps for its Android OS running on popular phones that it didn't like. The malicious applications were cleaned out of its App store, then in a move to shock the malicious software to its core, Google hit a kill switch. Not just any kill switch but a switch that zapped the offending programs right off the phones they had infiltrated.

Many cheers go up. Though, we must ask what else can Google zapp remotely? How much of a backdoor is in this Android software and is it itself a threat?

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