If you paid attention to the news this week, you'll know that there were a bunch of Android apps pulled from the Android Market because they contained malware. There were over 50 infected applications - these apps were copies of "legitimate" apps from legitimate publishers that were modified to include two root exploits and a rogue application downloader. This isn't the first example of malware on Android, but it may be the first to affect Google's own Android Market – other malware samples have been seen on third party app markets. This new malware has been referred to as DroidDream, RootCager, and myournet by various researchers and media outlets.
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