Android Hundreds application is implanted with the deduction code

Source: Internet
Author: User
Morning Post reporter Zhou Ling intern Wang Yu with its high openness and customizable features, Android has been a fast-growing smartphone market in the past year, while security alerts have been repeatedly sounded. Network Qin Global Mobile phone Security Center disclosed yesterday, a recently named "Android (Android) suction King" Malicious plug-ins are spreading wildly on the Android platform, has been implanted more than 100 mobile phone applications.  After downloading the software, users will be forced to order 5 yuan/month SP (service provider) business, while the malicious plug-ins will automatically intercept China Mobile to "10086" business confirmation SMS, resulting in the user can not find the exception in time.  The Android platform's market share in the US has overtaken that of Apple's iOS by January this year, according to comscore, a market research firm, which is likely to be higher in China by 31.2% per cent.  According to the data provided by NetQin, March 1 to 7th, this plug-in infection rate increased by 28% over the same period last week, China is the most infected users of the country, the infection rate of 29%, of which mobile phone QQ infection rates are highest. It is understood that "Android suction King" malicious plug-ins first intercepted in January this year, in less than 2 months time, implanted including "mobile phone QQ", "365 Calendar", "Happy bucket landlord", including 100 of Android applications, through the forum, Wap/www website,  Application software stores and other multiple channels of communication. This is the second time that Google's Android phone operating system has been exposed to security issues.  The Wall Street Journal reported just 8th that last week, some computer security experts found 50 malware uploaded to Google's online store, Android harsh.  Google then said that a total of 58 malware had been uploaded to the Android harsh Web Store, which had been downloaded to about 260,000 handsets before Google removed all the malware in the late Tuesday. With Apple or BlackBerry manufacturer in Motion Ltd. No, Google has not set up a specialist to approve apps that are submitted to a Web store.  Google relies to a large extent on other companies to rank applications and alert them to software problems. However, computer security experts warn that all mobile operating systems are vulnerable to attack.  Apple has also removed some apps from the App Store in the Web stores because it has been found that these apps send information about users and their phones to the outside world without user knowledge or permission. The application software involved in the recent attack on Google was entered with malicious code called Droiddream, which can compromise sensitive personal information.
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