New Android malware foud in some paid gaming apps

We've heard a lot of different malware reports before – in both Android and iOS. But nothing is as a perfect mix between scary and infuriating as this one.

Security experts at Palo Alto Networks report having found three different versions of a new malware that they are calling "Gunpoder". The rascal can be found in some Nintendo emulators (no names given) and, once it is nested onto your smartphone, it specializes in collecting bookmarks and browser histories, sending itself to other people over SMS, showing fraudulent advertisements and executing other code.

What's really gutting ...

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