For those of you using Android, this is probably worth looking out for: a fake version of Angry Birds Space, doing the rounds on some alternative Android stores (not Google Play). Apparently this app can potentially install malware onto your Android device.
Security company Sophos and Rovio both issued a warning against this app.
“The Trojan horse, which Sophos detects as Andr/KongFu-L, appears to be a fully-functional version of the popular smartphone game, but uses the GingerBreak exploit to gain root access to the device, and install malicious code,” claimed Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley. “The Trojan communicates with a remote website in an attempt to download and install further malware onto the compromised Android smartphone.”
Rovio’s statement was far simpler (“watch out for fake versions of Angry Birds Space” was the long and short of it), but regardless it’s probably worth just triple checking before downloading Angry Birds from any alternate Android stores.
You can find out more about the threat at the Sophos webpage here.
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