Posted by Adam Behnke on Feb 10
Hello, one of InfoSec Institute's security researchers reverse engineered anew botnet that is active for the Android platform. RootSmart has some
unique features that make it newsworthy:
. Takes advantage of Gingerbreak exploit to take control of Android device
. The main malware payload is a rootkit that hides itself inside of legit
app
. The rootkit hooks itself into the legit app as a boot service
. The rootkit installs its own shell...