A hacker has some how put a new malware virus onto the Google Play store. The malware called FakeLookout.A looks like an update in the play store. The malware is said to steal phone users text messages pictures and other information that is deemed sensitive.
“The brazen use of a trusted app’s logo shows just how aggressive malware makers are becoming. These fake apps not only put users’ data and privacy at risk, they can damage the reputation of respected developers,” TrustGo CEO Xuyang Li said, adding, “TrustGo continually monitors new apps uploaded to more than 185 marketplaces worldwide and is able to provide App Certification and Brand Protection services that alert developers when malicious clones and apps that falsely use their logos have been found.”
The malware can steal an Android device user’s MS/MMS messages, video files, and SD card files, meaning the potential for sensitive, identifying information to be lifted by the malware developer is real. Stolen data is transmitted to a domain in Thornton, Colo., TrustGo said, noting the same domain hosts a malicious website.
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