Sinauw, CALIFORNIA - Android
operating system
again attacked by
viruses that are
considered
dangerous. After the
previous virus
targeting the
handset. Currently,
the target is a direct
application store, the
Android Market.
According to reports
security company
Sophos, the Android
Market on-jacked
and then infiltrated
with malware and
then users are
directed to the
Android Market
application store in
China.
Reported by TG Daily,
Saturday
(12/03/2011), a virus
that attacks the
Android Market is
kind of Trojan, which
utilizes a
menganganga hole in
Android, which is an
open-based
operating system.
"Defrauding includes
functionality to send
MMS messages, for
example, when the
device boots up
itself," explained
Svajcer, from
Sophos.
"The pattern of
attack to create a
fake security tool
that detects threats
that do not exist is
very common in the
PC world and has
brought a lot of
revenue for
cybercriminals," he
said.
