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Android Google Handhelds Security

Malware Posing As Official Google Play Store Evades Most Security Checks 100

DavidGilbert99 (2607235) writes Mobile malware on Android is nothing new, but now security company FireEye has discovered in the Google Play store a sophisticated piece of malware which is posing as....the official Google Play store. Using the same icon but a different name, the malware is not being detected by the vast majority of security vendors, is difficult to uninstall and steals your messages, security certificates and banking details.
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Malware Posing As Official Google Play Store Evades Most Security Checks

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  • Re:Umm.. (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 19, 2014 @01:14PM (#47273887)

    Citation required

    "Apple manages to keen their app store malware free, why can't Google?"
    -- BasilBrush, Slashdot comment #47273651

    There ya go...

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