Looking back at a year of Android Malware

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Wow, has it really been a year a year since we first witnessed the arrival of SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a? It seems like only yesterday when everyone was first scrambling to describe the text message manipulating bit of Android malware. We’ve come along way and seen plenty of malicious bits of software since August 2010. Remember the porn-bundled SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.b trojan from October? Or how about the bible-packing Android.Smspacem? Relive all of the handset hijacking memories in the source link below.Looking back at a year of Android Malware originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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