Found 11 Android applications contain malware. Infections that automatically send a text message from Google Android smart phone to the phone number in China. Applications that include the iBook, iCartoon, iGuide, iCalendar, and Sea Ball LoveBaby embedded with malicious code, which secretly send text messages to premium rate numbers vary three, unbeknownst to the user.
According AegisLab, Taiwan Security Company, a text message is then marked to subscription services offering.
The news published Android Market mentions that Google has removed the application that deviates. But researchers at Kaspersky Lab said that the possibility of malware infections that are classified as Trojans, because hiding in the software that affect the 11 applications.
IT Company Juniper Networks on Tuesday (10 / 5) also found a malware that targets Android devices. Infiltration of malware on the device soared 400% since last summer. In April and other infections found on the Android application for Skype. Security holes are found, could give hackers access to email, home address, and phone numbers of users.
Juniper said most smart phone users do not have antivirus software on their phones. Then they also did not check whether the applications they downloaded from a legitimate source.
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