Contributor: Masaki Suenaga
We certainly are! It is American football season and the Super Bowl is right around the corner. Apparently, so are the malware authors. It would not be the first time they took advantage of this sporting event. Back in 2007, the Dolphins (hosts for Super Bowl XLI) had their website compromised by links to malicious JavaScript. Several visitors looking up Super Bowl information on this site were hit with an exploit pack designed to attack their Web browsers and install hidden malware. Taking a page out of their playbook, Android malware authors this season bring us a fake version of the popular gaming franchise, Madden NFL 12. Being over 5 MB in size, it certainly looks like a game worth trying! Once installed, it will even display the following icon:

After the user launches the app, there is, unfortunately, no...