Honeymoon ’s over , everyone : antiviral guard dog Kaspersky has spot Android ’s first , SMS - base trojan horse making the rounds in Russia . The devious little MS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a mask itself as a media actor before invisibly shooting out expensive textbook to bounty number , pull in cash for fraudsters .
Isolated instances of Android spyware were report last twelvemonth , but this infection marks the first significant sighting of malware on the chopine . Kaspersky urges that “ users pay skinny care to the services that an program requests access code to when it is being installed . That includes access to premium rate services that charge to send SMSs and make call . ”
UPDATE : We ’ve received Google ’s side of the story from a interpreter there , who says :
“ Our program permissions model protects against this type of threat . When instal an software , users see a screen that explicate clearly what information and scheme resources the software has permission to access , such as a user ’s telephone number or sending an SMS . drug user must explicitly okay this accession in gild to go on with the installation , and they may uninstall applications at any time . We consistently advise user to only install apps they swear . In particular , drug user should exercise caution when installing applications out of doors of Android Market . ”
So , the trojan app ’s deceitful feature must be go for to in some gumption , though their malicious spirit ca n’t be make out from permissions petition alone . If it looks suspect that a media histrion would necessitate SMS functionality , then maybe it is . Still , this Usher in new level of necessary caution when downloading Android apps . [ Kaspersky LabviaThe Register ]
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