Mobile security firm Lookout has issued a security alert about a new Trojan affecting Android mobile devices. Dubbed �Geinimi� the Trojan is so far only affecting Android devices in China, but has the potential to spread across the globe. Describing the Trojan as the most sophisticated that it has discovered to date affecting the Android platform, Lookout also purports that the Geinimi Trojan is also the first Android Trojan to display botnet-like capabilities.
The Trojan installs itself on an unsuspecting user�s device by being �grafted� onto repackaged versions of legitimate applications, at this stage mainly games, and by being distributed through third-party Chinese Android app markets. While the threat posed isn�t entirely clear at this stage, the Trojan is using the legitimate app to request permission to access permissions over and above normal levels for each app affected. Possibilities for the renegade code include developing a malicious ad network or building a botnet.
The news follows a warning from McAfee issued yesterday that suggested that this type of attack will become more frequent, especially in unsupervised application markets such as those that are proliferating around the Android platform.
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