I have seen Android malware delete and send SMS messages but this is the first time I saw an Android malware act as an SMS relay. My colleagues and I were recently able to analyze a sample of an Android malware that uses an infected device as a proxy for sending and receiving messages. Unlike…

We recently received a sample of an Android malware known as DroidDreamLight currently circulating on the Web. Once executed on an infected device, this malware steals mobile-specific information that it then uses for malicious activities. Similar to previous information-stealing Android malware, DroidDreamLight, detected by Trend Micro as ANDROIDOS_DORDRAE.L gathers the following specific information from an infected mobile phone: Device…