Another potentially dangerous malware and Trojan named as Golddream.A has managed to penetrate through Android security. After getting into the smartphone it acquires the ecosystem control and can track all the conversation been held on the discussed phone. Later the conversation is copied into the phone’s SD card in an AMR format, and as per the malware configurations the recordings are uploaded to some anonymous hacker’s server.
New Trojan activates by downloading a payload on making any call by the smartphone. Besides logging and recording the private conversations the Trojan is able to perform more malicious activities. The moment Trojan is injected in to the phone it acquires kernel access. After getting the mentioned access, hackers are able to get full control of the device. Well, we are not sure about the the rootkit access but this threat is considered to be more malicious than the DroidDream.
Lookout, a Security company that provides security services for multiple smart phones has rolled out the latest results that were carried out on 10 million devices worldwide with more than 700 thousand apps. The report has clearly proved that the Android market is the most likely grown and malicious within the past 6 months with the estimation between a half million and one million effected users around the globe. Over the second quarter of 2011 Lookout saw an 85% increase in the number of mobile malware detections.
Google, Android and other Security experts have been constantly battling against these malware threats. Numerous deadly malwares are been spread over the web in not just apps and app store but with the phishing links and mobile ads as well.
Our recommendations to the readers is not to click on any unwanted links, ads, and do not download any unauthentic app, a lot of applications like Norton, BitDefender or NetQin are available that can checks the permissions of the downloaded app.
via [Read Write Web]
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