{"id":9630,"date":"2013-03-27T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=9630"},"modified":"2013-03-27T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:00:22","slug":"android-trojan-found-in-targeted-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=9630","title":{"rendered":"Android Trojan Found in Targeted Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the installation, an application named “Conference” appears on the desktop<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Android Trojan Found in Targeted Attack – Securelist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some sort of malware for android is in the wild.\u00a0 Theoretically any app one loads on any computer can be malicious.\u00a0 This was spread via email but the next line highlights something:<\/p>\n

If the victim launches this app,<\/strong> he will see text which “enlightens” the information about the upcoming event:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note the highlighted text.\u00a0 If you don’t want to become a victim don’t launch applications unless you know why they are there.\u00a0 Here is the extent of damage to this piece of malware:<\/p>\n

While the victim reads this fake message, the malware secretly reports the infection to a command-and-control server. After that, it begins to harvest information stored on the device. The stolen data includes:<\/p>\n