Malware went undiscovered for weeks on Google Play

Security researchers have discovered malware disguised as games hosted on the Google Play marketplace.

Android.Dropdialer, a Trojan that sends costly text messages to premium-rate phone numbers in Eastern Europe, had gone undiscovered for weeks in the form of two game titles, Symantec researcher Irfan Asrar wrote in a blog post yesterday. The two games — “Super Mario Bros.” and “GTA 3 – Moscow city” — were uploaded to Google Play on June 24 and generated 50,000 to 100,000 downloads, Asrar said.