Mobile Spyware Conferences Into Your Calls

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 23, 2011 @04:39AM from the i-hear-that dept.

wiredmikey writes "Reports of Multiple Variants of Android Virus 'Hong Tou Tou' are showing up, which has mainly been working its way onto smartphones via alternative app marketplaces. Today, we saw reports of a new variant of spyware "Spy.Felxispy" targeting Symbian devices, identified by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Centre of China. More than a dozen variants of the spyware have emerged since the first was spotted, and the latest has affected 150,000+ devices. Once installed, the spyware will turn on the Conference Call feature of the device without users' awareness. When users are making phone calls, the spyware automatically adds itself to the call to monitor the conversation."

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Android will go down without Signed Apps by BoRegardless · 2011-02-23 05:32 · Score: -1, Troll

Steve Jobs was right and Schmidt wrong.
When Androoid gets known for constant hacks to get your data of all types, eventually the techies and then average people will start to bail.
You can't spend all your time trying to ferret out bad apps from your phone.
Too many other things to do.