(Image Source: Tech 2.0 ) BY: KELSEY WAANANEN ANCHOR: ANA COMPAIN-ROMEROYou’re watching multisource tech video news analysis from Newsy. “The virus is capable of the following : it can place a phone call, read and keep your text messages, send and delete them also, put all of your contact information and send it to a remote server, and also silently download files.” (Android Trek) It’s called the Gemini Trojan, unleashed last December. Now, more than 50000 Android users have been introduced to its bigger, badder successor. They’ve all been hacked by the newest Android malware — deemed DreamDroid — present in more than 50 apps on the Android Market. Google recently pulled those apps and one of their publishers off the market — but the damage has already been done. DreamDroid works to get user information about the phone, such as make, model and user ID. However, Mashable notes, the real danger comes later — and that’s what makes this hack significant. “…you can’t be sure that your device and user information is truly secure. Considering how much we do on our phones — shopping and mobile banking included … it might be best to take your device to your carrier and exchange it for a new one…” A publisher by the name of Myournet repackaged popular apps with the malware, and slightly changed their names, and then submitted them to the Android Market. The list includes apps with names like “photo editor,” “scientific calculator,” and “chess.” But Android Police points …



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March 17, 2012 at 4:16 pm
The viruses are GENIMI and DROIDDREAM. You fail
March 17, 2012 at 4:27 pm
SO this is DreamDroid…scary stuff