Spammers have started using Android botnets, researchers say
Posted on July 06, 2012 at 08:04 AM EDT
A new wave of pharmacy, penny stock and e-card spam emails are being sent by an Android botnet, according to security researchers from Microsoft and antivirus firm Sophos. Terry Zink, program manager for Microsoft Forefront Online Security, was the first to report about the spam messages. They all come from Yahoo's email servers and they are sent from Android devices, he said in a blog post on Tuesday.