Symantec finds rogue Android app with hacktivist agenda
Symantec has discovered a new Trojan malware app circulating for the Android OS. The app is a rogue version of a controversial app involving dog fighting, and is aimed at sending a hacktivist message.
Dog Wars is a game that involves raising your dog to be the most vicious dog on the circuit and taking on other virtual dogs in fights to the death. The app itself is offensive to many -- in fact, it prides itself on being so provocative that you would never find something like it on the iPhone app store.
The app sparked some backlash from animal activists that wanted the developer to voluntarily pull it. Those protests landed on deaf ears, so apparently some more resourceful animal activists decided to create a rogue version to try and publicly shame users who partake in the barbaric game.
