Infected Android app runs up big texting bills

Computerworld – A rogue Android app that’s been tweaked by hackers can hijack a smartphone and run up big texting bills before the owner knows it, Symantec said today.

The newest in a line of compromised Android apps, said Vikram Thakur, a principal security response manager at Symantec, is Steamy Window, a free program that Chinese hackers have modified, then re-released into the wild.

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