A new trojan virus called Geinimi has appeared in China aimed at Android. The trojan is spreading via third party app markets. Geinimi has been repackaged to look like a popular game, but is in fact a trojan virus. The official versions of these games on the Android Market are fine, it’s the repackaged versions on third-party networks that carry the Trojan and need to be avoided. Examples of the games are:
- Monkey Jump 2
- Sex Positions
- President vs. Aliens
- City Defense
- Baseball Superstars 2010
Lookout Mobile Security, who identified the threat, is still looking into what Geinimi can do. This is what they have found it can do so far:
- Send location coordinates (fine location)
- Send device identifiers (IMEI and IMSI)
- Download and prompt the user to install an app
- Prompt the user to uninstall an app
- Enumerate and send a list of installed apps to the server
Lookout also points out this is the most advanced Trojan they have seen yet for Android even if it was quite obvious to spot by the security company. [Geek]
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