Thursday, August 19, 2010

Android Game loaded with a hidden Spy App

You might be fascinated by the new game just loaded in your mobile and would surely wanted to give it a try out of curiosity, but from now onwards be cautious that fancy game may be running a disguise spy app that tracks every move you make on your handset.

Researchers at F-secure(analyzing virus, phishing, spyware, and Spam attacks) has discovered an Android game named 'Tap Snake' which is a spy app disguised as a snake game. This game called Tap Snake isn't just a game, it turns out to be a client for a commercial spying application called GPS Spy.

The Tap Snake game looks like an average "Snake" clone. However, there are two hidden features. First, the game won't exit. Once installed, it runs in the background forever, and restarts automatically when you boot the phone. And secondly, every 15 minutes the game secretly reports the GPS location of the phone to a server.

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