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Fake Angry Birds app makers fined £50k for shock cash suck

A firm that disguised Android malware as Angry Birds games has been fined £50,000 ($78,300) by UK premium-rate service regulator PhonepayPlus.
A1 Agregator posted mobile apps posing as smash-hit games, including Cut the Rope, on Android marketplaces and other outlets. Rather than offer free entertainment, the software silently sent out a text in order to receive a string of premium-rate messages, costing victims £5 per SMS. Users would have to uninstall the counterfeit apps from their phone to prevent further messages and charges.

The malicious code also covered up evidence of the message swapping which might have alerted punters to the whopping charges on their upcoming bills.

A total of 34 people, perhaps only a small percentage of those affected, complained to PhonepayPlus by the end of last year. In a ruling this month, the watchdog found A1 Agregator guilty of multiple breaches of its code of conduct and levied a fine of £50,000, estimated as the upper limit of the illicit profits made through the scam. A1 Agregator, which wasn't even registered with PhonepayPlus at the time of its offence, must refund defrauded victims in full within three months, whether they've complained or not.
It is understood the firm trousered £27,850 ($43,600) from the scam.

A1 Agregator - which was "formally reprimanded" over its behaviour - must also submit any other premium-rate services it develops to PhonepayPlus for approval over the next 12 months.
Premium-rate SMS scams account for 36.4 per cent of malware on smartphones, the second largest type after spyware, according to analysts Juniper Research.
And Carl Leonard, senior security research manager of EMEA at Websense, added: "Mobile apps are a powerful malware delivery technique as most users are willing to allow apps to do anything to get the desired functionality. Cyber criminals are beginning to use these malicious apps not only to make a quick buck but to also steal valuable data."
"For example, a malicious app could access the data on your phone, or access all of your contacts. This is particularly bad news for businesses that allow bring your own device (BYOD) schemes but don’t have the right security to protect their mobile data," he added.

Android virus evolution

Mobile malware scams first emerged in Russia and China several years ago. Fraudsters are beginning to turn to the West for victims, Kaspersky Lab warns.
"The mobile threat landscape is dominated by malware designed to run on Android – 65 per cent of all threats are aimed at this platform," said David Emm, senior security researcher at Kaspersky. "The platform is popular, it’s easy to write apps for it and it’s easy to distribute them via Google Play – so it’s little wonder that cybercriminals are making use of Google Play, where malware masquerades as a legitimate app."
"SMS Trojans, of the sort mentioned in the [PhonepayPlus] report, are currently the biggest category of mobile malware. And it’s important to understand that it’s not just a problem in Russia or China. Cybercriminals seek to make money from them across the globe, including here in the UK," he concluded.
In the past mobile malware often offered a free application as bait. During installation, the Trojan would display some kind of decoy error message. This prompted victims to search for answers on web forums and elsewhere - which was the last thing scammers want because it could lead marks to the realisation that they'd been suckered.
More recently cybercrooks have begun offering a bait that actually works. A blog post by F-Secure, published with a helpful video, describes an unrelated case of a Trojan installing a working copy of Rovio's Angry Birds Space as it compromises the phone.

theregister.co.uk

Avast Warns About “FakeInst” and Alternative Android Markets

The large number of malicious websites designed to infect Android devices with the well-known Android:FakeInst SMS Trojan have made Avast security experts issue another warning to alert users of its presence. They also advise smartphone owners to beware of shady-looking alternative Android app markets.

Researchers have found several domains, such as t2file.net and uote.net, which store at least 25 new apps that mask the piece of malware.

After users are lured onto these websites, they’re presented with a phony Downloader program. The truly evil thing about this app is that it tells the victim that the operation may cost money, but the Quit button doesn’t work.

Once the installation process begins, there’s nothing you can do, but click on the Agree or OK buttons. Of course, there are methods to stop the task, but to the untrained user it appears as he/she has no other choice.


What is even more worrying is the fact that once one of these buttons is pressed, an SMS to a premium rate number is already sent out. To make matters worse, the Trojan contains premium numbers for around 60 different countries worldwide, which means that if the victim isn’t located in Antarctica, he/she will most likely end up with an inflated phone bill.

In order to prevent experts from analyzing the malware, its creators have used AES encryption to make the file inaccessible.

Each SMS sent out by Android:FakeInst costs around $4 (3 EUR), which means that the cybercriminals behind this operation can earn considerable amounts of money from users who make the mistake of downloading software from alternative markets.

“Never trust weird looking alternative markets and always check the app permissions. If you’ve downloaded a game that asks for SMS and Phone calls permissions, it probably means that someone is about to “play you” instead,” Avast’s Alena Varkočková explained.

softpedia.com

Fake Android Antivirus Served via Twitter Spam

Security researchers warn that Twitter is being flooded with shady looking posts that contain links to websites hosted on .tk domains. These websites hide malicious elements that target not only PC users, but also Android owners.

GFI Labs experts report that while PC users are served broken .jar files, Android customers are tricked into installing a fake antivirus application whose icon replicates the one of products provided by Kaspersky.

So let’s take a look at how these schemes work.

First, the cybercriminals post tweets in Russian or English that advertise all sorts of materials, mainly adult content. All the tweets contain a link to a site such as “good-graft.tk.”


Once clicked, the links open a Russian site that’s designed for both smartphone and computer owners. Depending on the device from which the website is accessed, the potential victim is served a file called VirusScanner.jar (for PC), or VirusScanner.apk (for Android).

As mentioned before, experts revealed that the .jar file seems to be broken, since an error is displayed when it is executed. However, this may change at any time, so internauts should be wary when presented with such an element.


VirusScanner.apk is a rogue antivirus application which displays the Kaspersky logo when it is installed.

Identified as Trojan.Android.Generic.a by GFI’s VIPRE Mobile Security, the piece of malware reveals its true purpose during the installation process when it asks permission to access phone calls, messages and even services that cost money.

We strongly advise you to refrain from clicking on links contained in Twitter posts if they look suspicious. Furthermore, site addresses that end in .tk are usually a good indicator of a malicious plot.

On the other hand, even if you do end up on a shady site, at least make sure you don’t install anything that’s pushed to your device.

Finally, although many argue that mobile threats are not yet so popular, users should learn to treat their smartphones just as they do their computers and install antivirus solutions from legitimate and reputable companies.

softpedia.com