Security Alert for Android Owners

Smartphone security leader Lookout uncovered at least 34 malware apps on the official Android Market over the weekend. Let the headaches begin!!!

The Lookout Security Team identified the malware thanks to a tip from a developer who notified us that modified versions of his app and another developer’s app were being distributed in the Android Market. Our security team confirmed that there was malicious code grafted into these apps and identified markers associating this code with previously analyzed DroidDream samples. We discovered 24 additional apps repackaged and redistributed with the malicious payload across a total of 5 different developer accounts.

(That number has increased since Lookout’s original posting.)

Keep in mind that all of these apps work without the user opening them. Thankfully, Google has removed all of them, but you should definitely make sure you’re clean ASAP.

Here’s the list so far:

It should go without saying that everyone should have a security program such as Lookout installed on their smartphone, and that they should never delete it because everything’s fine and they need more space on their phone for yet another version of Angry Birds.

What are you looking at me like that for?