hiker01 Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Fake Android Anti-Virus Records Calls, Steals Info The program advertises itself as "Android Security Suite Premium," but, as researchers from Precise Security explained, the security software is fake, and once launched it begins an onslaught against your phone and, potentially, your bank account. ... Android Security Suite Premium is a variant of "ZitMo," a piece of malware that has been hiding in Android apps in third-party markets and threatening users for more than a year. Itself a variant of the infamous "Zeus" malware, ZitMo (short for Zeus in the Mobile) attempts to gain access to smartphones in order to harvest stored bank account credentials. http://www.securityn...anti-virus.html Fake Gmail Android application steals personal data …researchers … intercepted a fake Gmail Android application dubbed DDSpy. The SMS based command and control feature of DDSpy is capable of uploading SMS messages, call logs, and vocal records to a remote server. …the malicious application automatically starts recording outbound calls, or when instructed to do so over SMS. …unused interfaces using GPS technology…http://www.zdnet.com...onal-data/12308 Researchers Find Methods For Bypassing Google's Bouncer Android Security Google's Android platform has become the most popular mobile operating system both among consumers and malware writers, and the company earlier this year introduced the Bouncer system to look for malicious apps in the Google Play market. …it can be bypassed quite easily and in ways that will be difficult for Google to address in the long term.http://threatpost.co...security-060412 Android Malware Levels Quadrupled Over Past Two Years [*] The number of malware families targeting Android users has nearly quadrupled since 2011 … finding 37 new families in the first quarter of 2012 alone … Trojans are the most common form of attack, accounting for 84 per cent of all mobile threats. … The increase in Trojan numbers is indicative of a wider increase in mobile malware … at least 3,063 malicious Android applications are currently active… http://www.v3.co.uk/...quadrupled-past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vafarmer70 Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 I am sure there are going to be a few people happy you posted that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky driver Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hike do you have any anti virus protection on your phone? i guess you are using an android phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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