Android trojan could steal data by monitoring phone movement.
Not sure how much truth to this article, but I thought I'll share it just in case...
I would hope to think that GOOGLE is policing their APP store, but who knows.
The culprit is a new trojan horse program, tame as it were, created by security researchers at Pennsylvania State University. It takes advantage of a flaw in Google's Android mobile operating system that lets background apps monitor the device's sensors -- like the accelerometer, which detects movement and orientation.
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Android trojan could steal data by monitoring phone movement - Gadgetbox on msnbc.com
Not sure how much truth to this article, but I thought I'll share it just in case...
I would hope to think that GOOGLE is policing their APP store, but who knows.
The culprit is a new trojan horse program, tame as it were, created by security researchers at Pennsylvania State University. It takes advantage of a flaw in Google's Android mobile operating system that lets background apps monitor the device's sensors -- like the accelerometer, which detects movement and orientation.
Full Article:
Android trojan could steal data by monitoring phone movement - Gadgetbox on msnbc.com