BitDefender Labs has discovered Android malware that regularly
broadcasts the location of the infected mobile device to a remote
server.
What the malware creators intend to do with the
privacy-invading information is not clear. The app operates in the
background and appears on the smartphone or tablet as an icon with the
word "store" written on it.
The
store icon is apparently meant to fool the device user into thinking
that it is only an e-commerce app, according to Bit-defender. In
actuality, the malware broadcasts latitude and longitude of the device,
as well as the name of the wireless carrier. It also attempts to enable
the device's Wi-Fi connection and scan for antivirusailable access
points. All the data is transmitted to the remote server via the
device's Internet connection.
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