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"Security firm Lookout says that a malicious suspicious\u00A0app has been downloaded anywhere from 1.1 million to 4.6 million times.\n\n  \nThe app in question is called Jackeey Wallpaper\u00A0and was uploaded to the Android Market where users could download the\u00A0application\u00A0for free. \u00A0According to Lookout, the application would access the owner&amp;#8217;s SIM card number, subscriber identification, and voicemail password (as long as it is programmed automatically into your phone) and send it to a site called imnet.us. \u00A0That site is owned by someone in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.\nUpdate: Lookout contacted me to say the original Venturebeat report was\u00A0inaccurate:\nThe app does not actually access SIM card numbers or voicemail passwords. Instead, the app transmitted the device&amp;#8217;s phone number, subscriber identifier (e.g. IMSI), and the currently entered voicemail number on the phone. This is an important distinction for Lookout, because they did not actually find that the app was doing anything malicious. It is certainly suspicious, but it is important to clear up that they did not actually steal info like SMS conversations. \u00A0More on their blog posting.\nUpon installation, the wallpaper app asks for permission to access your phone calls, which should have been a clear warning not only to users but for the people manning the Android Market&amp;#8217;s approval process.\nThis isn&amp;#8217;t the first case of mobile app developers sneaking deviant code into their apps this month. \u00A0Earlier, a 15 year old developer submitted a flashlight application to Apple&amp;#8217;s \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAAPL\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t App Store which had code that turned iPhones into Internet routers. \u00A0Apple removed the application within a few hours of it being widely reported.\n\nAccording to Venturebeat, John Hering, chief executive of Lookout said in a press conference afterward that he believes both Google and Apple are on top of policing their app stores, particularly when there are known malware problems with apps."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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