New Trojan Horse Attacks Android to Steal User’s Information

Recently, the mobile application security company Lookout warned Android users that there is a new Trojan horse appeared on Android operating system. It is called HongTouTou or ADRD, which is regarded as a new version Geinimi. This Trojan horse has been found in Chinese third-party app stores, for instance, the wallpaper app.
This named HongTouTou Trojan horse was spread by Chinese third-party app stores and forum. It is now mainly exist in 14 kinds of post-packaging games and wallpapers. Once user installed it, the Trojan horse would automatically transfer the sensitive information to hacker’s server, such as IMEI and IMSI, and then acquired user’s personal data.
At present, it is said that this new Trojan horse has the following features:
1. It can automatically search in the backstage, and run analog click according to some relevant keywords to bring some benefits to the target website.
2. Automatically download some unknown Apk applications, and monitor user’s massages dialogue and falsify part of the contents.
The applications downloaded by this Trojan horse also include the installation permissions:
android.permission.WRITE_APN_SETTINGS
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE
Given the Trojans is so rampant that users are panic, so I offer some suggestions to you:
1. Download the resource from official Android Market.
2. Do not install the unknown applications carelessly.
3. Pay more attention to part of Chinese applications, especially the software and game.
4. Install some of the antivirus programs.
5. Make data backup.
6. Timely deal with your traffic, massages and others as if there is an exception.
To sum up, much of the relevant information about this is just incited by some users. As a matter of fact, you wouldn’t encounter this Trojan horse as if downloading resources from official website or the formal way. Therefore, do not be affected with this issue. After all, you will have tiny probability to suffer from it.