I'm sure when people first thought "First real, in the wild cell phone virus.." they assumed it'd be Windows Phone 7. Nope, Android gets the bite first.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.977b068acd47e413d8fd13a095054327.c1&show_article=1
Bundling itself into Android apps that have made their way onto websites (not the marketplace) purporting to be "free downloads" these apps allow remote takeovers of the phone, to harvest email addresses, phone #s, contact information, etc.
Fun!
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.977b068acd47e413d8fd13a095054327.c1&show_article=1
A virus infecting mobile phones using Google's Android operating system has emerged in China that can allow a hacker to gain access to personal data, US security experts said.
A report this week from Lookout Mobile Security said the new Trojan affecting Android devices has been dubbed "Geinimi" and "can compromise a significant amount of personal data on a user?s phone and send it to remote servers."
The firm called the virus "the most sophisticated Android malware we've seen to date."
"Once the malware is installed on a user's phone, it has the potential to receive commands from a remote server that allow the owner of that server to control the phone," Lookout said.
Bundling itself into Android apps that have made their way onto websites (not the marketplace) purporting to be "free downloads" these apps allow remote takeovers of the phone, to harvest email addresses, phone #s, contact information, etc.
Fun!