Android malware discovered posing as Carrier IQ removal tool
Remember the pre-Christmas Carrier IQ controversy where hidden tracking software was found to be installed on Android handsets? Well now security researchers have found smartphone malware posing as removal tool for Carrier IQ spyware.
According to Symantec , the French hackers behind Android.Qicsomos have modified their malware from an open source project designed to detect Carrier IQ software so that handsets are now programmed to dial a premium rate SMS number.
At present, Android.Qicsomos is nowhere to be found on the Android Market leading Symantec to suspect a phishing campaign is responsible for the app’s spread. In other malware news, F-Secure are reporting the emergence of a devious Russian Android market app which claims to unlock hidden features in your smartphone but instead sends SMS messages from your phone to a premium rate number.
