Last week we reported that a fake version of Angry Birds Space was
doing the rounds on the Internet. And now it is time for the same to be
repeated with Instagram. Security firm Sophos is reporting that if
Android users download Instagram from untrusted sources then they run
the risk of getting their smartphone infected. Once installed, the app
will send background SMS messages to premium rate services earning its
creators revenue. Sophos says the malware appears on a Russian website
and feigns as the official Instagram site. The malware has been
identified as Andr/Boxer-F.
Taking about the large issue of Android security, Graham Cluley,
senior technology consultant at Sophos said, “Android malware is
becoming a bigger and bigger problem. Just last week, we saw a bogus
edition of the Angry Birds Space game and it’s quite likely that whoever
is behind this latest malware are also using the names and images of
other popular smart phone apps as bait. Infected Androids are now
effectively part of a botnet, under the control of malicious hackers.
Android users need to be extremely careful when downloading applications
from sites, especially when they’re not official Android markets.”
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