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New ‘Geinimi’ Trojan Targets Android Devices
Published on 30 Dec, 2010 at 5:56 in Cloud | Viewed 111 times | No Comments
A new Trojan affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China, and security researchers say the malware can compromise a significant amount of personal data on a user’s phone and send it to remote servers.
Dubbed “Geinimi,” this Trojan is the first Android malware in the wild that displays botnet-like capabilities, according to smartphone security company Lookout. Once the malware is installed on a user’s phone,…
Android App Steals Info and Sends It to China, Researcher Says
Published on 30 Jul, 2010 at 10:28 in Cloud | Viewed 71 times | No Comments
A wallpaper app for the Android which collects a user’s information and sends it to a site in China has been downloaded millions of times, according to a researcher with Lookout, a mobile security firm.
Jackeey Wallpaper, available from the Android Market, which offers wallpaper-themes like Star Wars and My Little Pony, collects a user’s phone number, currently entered voicemail number and subscriber identifier, according to Lookout. The data is…
