Android Trojan Found, Spreading From Chinese App Stores

wiredmikey writes that researchers from Lookout Mobile have discovered a sophisticated Trojan targeting Android devices. "The company says the mobile malware is 'The most sophisticated Android malware we've seen to date. Geinimi is also the first Android malware in the wild that displays botnet-like capabilities. Once the malware is installed on a user's phone, it has the potential to receive commands from a remote server that allow the owner of that server to control the phone.' What makes the Trojan different from most 'standard' mobile malware is that Geinimi is being 'grafted' onto repackaged versions of legitimate applications, primarily games, and distributed in third-party Chinese Android app markets."

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App names?

[Tenant129]

So beware of downloading things from Chinese websites? That's news? It would be nice if there was a list of what app's this is being packaged with. For those of us actually enjoying the open source aspect of the Android OS, what is this going to tell us? That someone is harvesting data off of your phone? This is nothing new, it describes how half the apps on the Android Market work. This is just telling us that now someone who isn't hiding behind the false curtain of legitimacy is doing it too. Shocking!