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Symantec has identified multiple publisher IDs on the Android Market that are being used to push out Android.Counterclank.

2011 has seen some dramatic changes in the mobile landscape, with the ever-increasing growth rates in consumer adoption of smart phones. This has not gone on without getting the attention of the criminal fraternity, which has turned its attention to mobile malware.

Hacktisivm, or as one blogger put it “Revolution 2.0”, is something I would describe as an activist agenda where there may be no visible monetary gain by the instigator. Instead the overall goal is to send a message or get a point across. Even though, on occasion, the message may be something many will sympathize with, this doesn’t mean it’s a victimless crime.

Contributors: Shunichi Imano

After a public outcry and a write-in campaign failed to convince the creators of ‘Dog Wars’ to discontinue work on their app, it appears that protester(s) have now taken to targeting the users of the app directly in order to get their message across. Symantec has discovered that a Trojan code was planted into an older version of ‘Dog Wars’ (Beta 0.981) that can stil

Threats making or transmitting unauthorized audio recordings are not a new concept, though they have largely been limited to proof-of-concept demonstrations and final-year university projects.

A quick online search would reveal a number of articles declaring any one of the last few years as being the “year of mobile malware.” Conversely, these searches also reveal claims that the same years are not going to be the year of mobile malware. These search results go back as far as the early part of the decade.

Android.Lightdd (the name is derived from the presence of the additional Trojanized package ending in the word ‘lightdd’) has been dubbed as the follow up to Android.Rootcager AKA Droid Dreams, one

Symantec has discovered a Trojanized version of a legitimate application that is part threat, part doomsayer. The threat was embedded in a pirated version of an app called ‘Holy ***king Bible’, which itself has stirred controversy on multiple forums in which the app is in circulation.

Android.Walkinwat is the first mobile phone threat discovered in the wild that attempts to discipline users that download files illegally from unauthorized sites.