Security experts at
Lookout Mobile have detected a
new and improved version of the
Android malware software known as ‘DroidDream’ which is currently infecting more than 50
apps in the Android store.
The newly named ‘DroidDreamLight’ might sound like a softer younger brother of the
original malware, but it is just as infectious and personal data hungry as it’s predecessor!
Some of the
apps that have been found to be infected include:
Super StopWatch and Timer, System Info Manager, Floating Image Free and System Monitor, all of which are made by
Mango Studio.
The
malware hasn’t only attached itself to
Mango Studio apps however, and some
apps made by Salacious and E.T. Tean have been infected also.
There are sure to be others too! So please check what permissions you are granting to the
app when installing and use a little common sense when choosing
applications.