50 compromised Android apps have been removed from the Android Marketplace this week after being found infected with the DroidDream virus/backdoor that streams your information to remote online servers.
Clever hackers copied, edited and then repackaged existing applications and published them in the Marketplace under the original developers names.
The apps had been downloaded between 50000 and 200000 times meaning a lot of infected phones.
Apple has suspended 3 users and removed all the offending apps but not from already affected devices.
Is this the sign of a new trend in hacking and virus distribution? Is the Apple App Store next?
Some advice from our service team, treat your phone like your laptop. If you don’t trust who published it, it seems to good to be true or you don’t need it, don’t download it! Especially on business devices.

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