January 28, 2014

Native Windows malware tries to infect Android devices

Symantec detected incidence that until now had been a curiosity: infection originated on Windows which tries to spread to Android devices. Computer security companies are familiar with incidences of malware for Android that tries to infect Windows systems. Symantec cited the case of Android. Claco, which downloads a file in format portable executable (PE) malicious together with an autorun.inf and installs them in the source of the SD card directory. When you connect the mobile device affected to a computer via USB and AutoRun mode is enabled, Windows will automatically run the malicious PE file. In a fact that highlights how curious, Symantec found something that works the other way around: i.e., a threat of Windows trying to infect the Android devices. The infection begins with a Trojan called Trojan. Droidpak. This Trojan download a malicious DLL (also found as Trojan. Droidpak) and registers it as a system service. Then, the DLL download a configuration file from a remote server.
http://www.bnxit.com/native-windows-malware-infect-android-devices/

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