Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloaded by millions

Re:Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloade... by papertiger on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @11:30PM (#1556537)

It would be nice if the article actually named the app rather than just the developer.

Does anyone know the app name?

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Re:Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloade... by cludwin on Thursday July 29, 2010 @12:52AM (#1556668)

I did some digging and ...

The article doesn't mention which app was malicious however they did mention that the app publisher went by the name of "jackeey,wallpaper".

I ran some queries and it seems like the developer that publishes apps under "jackeey,wallpaper" also publishes under "jackeey.wu".

A list of the apps published by this developer are here (most of which are wallpaper apps):

http://andbot.com/developer/jackeeywallpaper

http://andbot.com/developer/jackeey-wu

http://andbot.com/developer/jackeeywu

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Re:Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloade... by cludwin on Thursday July 29, 2010 @04:30PM (#1559136)

I compiled a more comprehensive list of the apps that could be affected and I'll be updating it when I find out more info:

http://andbot.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/29/android-apps-sus...

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Re:Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloade... by orangecat on Thursday July 29, 2010 @12:25AM (#1556629)

If you search the market for "Jackeey" you'll get several dozen wallpaper apps. I think the article is treating all of them as a single app, which explains the "1.1 to 4.6 million" downloads: they just added up the lower and upper bounds of the ranges for each individual app. And as I said above, they don't appear to be requesting permissions that would let them do most of the nasty things described.

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