A new form of malware for Android works by users a harmless application to be installed, and then to update it with malicious code. That claims beveiligingsonderzoeker F-Secure.
Although it is not the first trojan for Android is, is the method of infection is new, so reports beveiligingssoftwarebedrijf F-Secure. The conscious application, that is partly Chineestalig is, it does not appear in the Android Market. Immediately after the installation please let the software know that there is an update available, which is not easily visible is that it is a different application. The harmful ‘update’ asks, while two new permissions on the Android device, but also normal applications sometimes have new permissions required so that users here often do not alert on.
The malware is capable of roottoegang to get hold of. This is an exploit is used that is not on all Android devices to be found: it seems that, in particular, smartphones with Android version 2.2 is susceptible to the malware. According to F-Secure there update a variant installed by DroidKungFu, the malware that earlier for the Android OS came along. This malware can, among other unseen applications, open urls and files to delete. There is also a personal information will be collected.
