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Last updated: Thursday, July 12, 2012

Symantec has found another batch of malware hiding in plain sights on Google Play. This time around, it’s Android.Dropdialer, a trojan that targets users in Eastern Europe and silently sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers from their smartphones. Amazingly, the malicious apps Symantec spotted stuck around long enough to break the 50,000 download plateau.

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Dropdialer SMS malware found hiding in Google Play games

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