Remains of the Day: Android Vulnerable to SMS Spoofing

A phishing vulnerability has been found in Android, Microsoft is retiring Live Messenger, Facebook gives its iOS app a big update, and Hulu strikes a deal with CBS.

• New Phishing Vulnerability Discovered In All Versions Of Android A team of researchers at North Carolina State University were able to create an app that sends fake text messages that appear to be from your contacts?a method that can be used for phishing. Google has been notified, and says they will fix the problem in a future Android release. [MakeUseOf]
• Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype Moves to integrate Live Messenger with Skype look like they will culminate in Microsoft retiring it's instant messaging service in favor of Skype. No official word on when, but sources believe it could be as early as this week. [The Verge]
• Facebook updates its iOS app with Gifts, new Messages interface, and multi-photo uploads Version 5.1 of the app brings with it batch photo uploads and tweaks to its camera and message services based off of the apps on the main Facebook website. Also in the update is the Gifts feature (US only), which lets you send real, physical gifts to your friends. [The Next Web]
• CBS Finally Does A Deal With Hulu, But Only For Older Shows That Are Off The Air Hulu customers will now be able to stream CBS' "library content"?shows from the network's archive that are no longer on the air. In addition to having all the content available to Hulu Plus subscribers, a selection of episodes from the collection will be made avaliable to free users as well. Currently airing shows and their previously aired seasons are off the table for now. [TechCrunch]
• Verizon to Shutter Its App Store in January Verizon's VCast Apps marketplace will be shut down in early 2013, after roughly three years of existence. Verizon anticipates "completing this process by March 27, 2013," [AllThingsD]
• BillGuard Teams Up With Lemon's Mobile Wallet, Will Alert Users To Fraudulent Charges BillGuard is now integrating it's fraud protection services with Lemon's mobile wallet app. The service can be toggled on or off within Lemon for each card registered in the app, and will then authenticate and monitor the account for any potentially fraudulent charges. [TechCrunch]

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