{"id":947,"date":"2010-12-31T19:42:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T13:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techsatwork.com\/blog\/?p=947"},"modified":"2016-01-07T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T05:31:07","slug":"when-geinimi-meets-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/?p=947","title":{"rendered":"Geinimi meets Android !"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geinimi, a sophisticated new Android Trojan has emerged from China. \u00c2\u00a0This Trojan once installed \u00c2\u00a0compromises significant amount of \u00c2\u00a0data on a Android phone and sends it to remote servers.
\n\"\"<\/a>Geinimi as been one of the most advanced \u00c2\u00a0Android malware in the wild and it has botnet-like capabilities. \u00c2\u00a0Once Geinimi is installed on a user\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s phone, it has the potential to receive commands from a remote server allowing the owner of that server to control the android phone.<\/p>\n

Geinimi is distributed via repackaged version of legitimate applications distributed in third-party Chinese Android app markets.\u00c2\u00a0The affected applications request extensive permissions over and above the set that is requested by their legitimate original versions. Few of the applications from “Unkown Source” that has been identified as containing the Geinimi includes Monkey Jump 2, Sex Positions, President vs. Aliens, City Defense and Baseball Superstars 2010. \u00c2\u00a0Even though there are instances of the games repackaged with the Trojan, the original versions available in the official Google Android Market have not been affected.<\/p>\n

So far security experts have found the following capabilities in Geinimi :<\/p>\n