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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Google pulls fake Android applications sending SMS Trojans


After the severe attack of premium SMS sending Trojans in the android applications like Angry Birds, World of GOO, Need for speed and more with the developer named 'Logastrod'.

Google pulls fake Android applications sending SMS Trojans


The malicious apps looks similar to the original version and available for free download. After the deletion of the developer named Logastrod, the trojans now using a different name "Miriada Production".

Google pulls fake Android applications sending SMS Trojans


This scam is revealed by Trend Micro and Get Safe online lat month, when comparing with the growth of the app download, it makes a serious issue. According to F-Secure, this SMS Trojans are aimed at russian users initially but the latest batch aimed at 18 countries am, Armenia; az, Azerbaijan; by, Belarus; cz, Czech Republic; de, Germany; ee, Estonia; fr, France; gb, United Kingdom; ge, Georgia; il, Israel; kg, Kyrgyzstan; kz, Kazakhstan; lt, Liechtenstein; lv, Latvia; pl, Poland; ru, Russian Federation; tj, Tajikistan; ua, Uganda.

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