Symantec Critical Of Google Play For Malicious Pornographic
Android Apps  A series of potentially malicious mobile porn
applications that gained approval on the Google Play store have
been quickly removed by Google, but not before being downloaded
up to 1.5 million times and receiving criticism from security
experts.  Symantec said the potentially malicious porn
applications, "Porn Sexy Models Wallpaper," "Porn Sexy Girls
Live Wallpaper" and "Sexy Girls Ass Live Wallpaper," produced by
the same app developer, create a new shortcut under the phone's
application settings. When the application is launched, the app
initializes to a remote server, where details about the device
are collected, wrote Lionel Payet, a security response manager
on Symantec's research blog.  The app collects the device
owner's Google email address, GPS coordinates, IMEI number on
the device itself and the network operator information,
according to Payet. The app then collects additional data and
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