Android botnet spewing spam?

[Mousey]

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Call it a malware first: A security researcher said he's spotted a botnet that's using exploited Android devices to send spam emails, in this case via Yahoo email servers.

"We've all heard the rumors, but this is the first time I have seen it--a spammer has control of a botnet that lives on Android devices. These devices log in to the user's Yahoo Mail account and send spam," said Microsoft researcher Terry Zink on his blog
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...Reached by email, a Google spokesman disputed Zink's findings. "The evidence does not support the Android botnet claim. Our analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and a fake mobile signature to try to bypass anti-spam mechanisms in the email platform they're using," he said.

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[conker]

Thanks for the heads up.