An Android games, which do not appear to have a glimpse of ’sin’ anything, it has capabilities beyond expectations. Applications could be a spy to track the location of the phone.
The existence of a malicious program is behind the Android game presented by Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure, the official blog of the F-Secure. “A game called Tap Snake was not the only game, this is a client for the application of a spy named GPS Spy,” wrote Mikko.
On the surface, the game is the game Snake Tap ’snake-hose’ in general. But beyond that, Tap Snake running in the background and continue to be active despite not being played. Every 15 minutes, the game will report the GPS location of the phone to the server.
GPS Spy, according to Mikko, is a paid spy service with subscription fees of USD 4.99 (about USD 45 000). Once downloaded, the application will prompt users to install the game Snake on phones that TAP would spied upon.
Spy GPS users must have physical access to the phone who wants spied upon. It was necessary to enter the game code that allows access to a mobile phone spy who became a target. Thus, Tap Snake difficult to use to spy remotely without the active role that a target mobile users.
Mikko estimates that Google will soon revoke Tap Snake from Android Market. In fact, Google is expected to shut down the application from the center so there is no Android phone installer.