Although Google is updating periodically for the Android operating system, still security on the OS this one is still a question mark. Bad news again attached to the operating system on this one: Xavier virus data thieves have entered into Android.
After paving the way for every app developer to Android, every Android user should be more vigilant. The most feared here of course is the Play Store as the repository of this app. Course Play Store is an application created by Google, it turns out there is malware that made it into it.
Based on information released by Tren Micro antivirus company, the malware has the name Xavier. The bad news again is, Xavier program has installed more than 800 applications that have been downloaded for free in the Google Play Store.
Trend Micro antivirus company says that the applications that have been inserted by the malware has been downloaded as many as millions of times. Although Trend Micro issued this statement, but Trend Micro did not reinforce it by releasing any applications that have been tampered with the malicious program.
An example of an application on Google Play that contains an embedded Xavier ad library
Little information about Xavier himself, this program is a place like a warehouse of ads that exist in mobile devices. This program is usually installed on free applications by developers to earn money. During this time actually Xavier can be fairly safe. But there is some evidence lately if this application turned into a program that is very complicated and dangerous for users.
Even more terrible, there is one security researcher from Tren Micro who reveals that Xavier is an undetected malicious program of detection devices. In addition the program can also be executed remotely by using the code. Worse yet, this program can be used to steal data and information from every smartphone that has been infected.
Xavier is able to steal data such as: e-mail address, mobile device identity, model, operating system, device address, manufacturer, SIM card operators, and even applications installed on the phone.
The last shocking fact revealed by researchers from Tren Micro is that the country most often infected with malware is a country that exists in Southeast Asia. Some of these countries are Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
So, for you Android users, it is advisable to be extra careful.
Source : http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/tech/623389.htm