Geinimi, Sophisticated New Android Trojan Found in Wild

Watch out! There's an obscure trojan for Android devices on unofficial markets!

Quick! Buy our antivirus software!

Must be imaginary then. Don’t worry about it.

The article wasn't very alarmist, even if it helps sales of their own product.

Although the delivery of the trojan is not a passive exploit and requires a user to download from unofficial markets, a lot of hackers have "rooted" their phone - so we can use beta versions of code, etc. So I think it's topical to HN.

Since this seems like it's only targeting the Chinese market, it seems like there is a high possibility of a governmental hand in this (China spying on their own people, or some other government -- US, Russia, etc -- spying on China).

I'm not sure that's the conclusion I'd draw. Maybe the virus writers are Chinese?

And then people ask why Apple tries so hard to have total control over their App Store. The last thing I want is to have to buy an antivirus for my phone.

Just something else you have to think about before recommending a new phone to your friends and family.