malware app

People who think that downloading apps from the Google Play and iOS App Store is completely safe. Well, think again -- the iTunes App Store gets its first trojan. According to Kaspersky's latest report, they've discussed some utterly alarming facts about an app called "Find and Call". What may appear to be an SMS worm, is actually a trojan that sends a user's contact lists to an online server -- without the user's knowledge whatsoever, basically stealing all of your contacts. From thereon, the server will then take advantage of all the contacts uploaded from your device to send out numerous SMS spam that includes a URL on where to download the app -- which by the way, contains a message that seems to have been composed solely by you. Hoping to fool your friends, thus, aiding the further spread of the app. "If user launches this application he will be asked to register in the app using his email address and cell phone number (both fields won’t be checked for validity). Since the security/privacy breaching issue behind the 'find and call' app has been raised by Kaspersky Labs, the app is no longer available for downloads at the Google Play and iOS app stores. Read more in our articles including ""Find and Call" Trojan hits the iTunes App Stores" and "Apple App Store now permits game emulators globally".