Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Google Removes 10 New Malware Apps from Android Market

Google has removed 10 Angry Birds-related apps from the market after a professor at North Carolina State reported they were infected with Malware. Xuxian Jiang, the professor who found the apps, said that they run in the background in order to send phone information to a remote server. The professor labeled the new kind of malware "plankton."

Read more: Android Pit