Island Dog just alerted me about malware Android users are being potentially exposed to:
“Between 30,000 and 120,000 users of Android devices are believed to have been affected by new mobile malware which has its roots in the earlier scourge known as Droid Dream. Like its predecessor, this variant, called Droid Dream Light, appears to have been created by the same developers whose malware had infected over 50 applications back in March. According to Lookout Security, the new malware was found in over 25 mobile applications, all of which Google has since removed from the Android Market.” – Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb
This one is called Android Dreams “Light” … the prior one was Android Dreams.
The really bad news? This one installs by itself. All that is needed is an incoming call from an infected phone, and *poof. You’ve got it. It will also install from various apps (list below). These apps have been cracked and their code altered by the criminals. This code will also enable other malware being installed.
It’s really bad also because for perfectly innocent app devs.
Advice? Get a mobile security app.
List of affected apps:
Magic Photo Studio
- Sexy Girls: Hot Japanese
- Sexy Legs
- HOT Girls 4
- Beauty Breasts
- Sex Sound
- Sex Sound: Japanese
- HOT Girls 1
- HOT Girls 3
- HOT Girls 2
Mango Studio
- Floating Image Free
- System Monitor
- Super StopWatch and Timer
- System Info Manager
E.T. Tean
BeeGoo
- Quick Photo Grid
- Delete Contacts
- Quick Uninstaller
- Contact Master
- Brightness Settings
- Volume Manager
- Super Photo Enhance
- Super Color Flashlight
- Paint Master
Sources:
http://blog.mylookout.com/ You can get a security app there as well.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/30000_to_120000_android_users_affected_by_new_variant_of_droid_dream_malware.php