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Symantec has identified a new malware called Android.Dropdialer in the official Google Play market. The threat was posted as two popular titles, “Super Mario Bros” and “GTA 3 Moscow City,” on June 24 and since then have generated between 50,000 and 100,000 downloads.
It’s kinda scary to think that these two apps managed to stay on Google Play for such a long time, clocking up some serious download figures before being discovered. The trick savvy hackers used to fool Google’s system was to offer just one (clean) part of the app for download via Google Play. Once installed, the application asked to download the second part, hosted on Dropbox, which sends SMS messages to a premium-rate number. Furthermore, to make things worse, this secondary payload prompts to uninstall itself after sending out the premium SMS messages, hiding its true intent in the process. Pretty damn smart when you think about it. Of course, we hope your phone wasn’t affected…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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