NC State researcher finds stealthy attack code inside bogus 'Angry Birds' apps
Computerworld - Google removed more malware-infected applications from its Android Market last week, according to a security researcher who reported the rogue software to the company.
Jiang published an analysis of the malicious code, dubbed "Plankton," in a blog post last Thursday.
Andrew Brandt, lead threat research analyst at Webroot, has also dug into Plankton.
"It has the ability to remotely access a command-and-control [C&C] server for instructions, and upload additional payloads," Brandt said in an interview Friday. "It uses a very stealthy method to push any malware it wants to phone." Read More
