Late comers to the Flappy Bird phenomenon are the latest
target for hackers. When the creator Dong Nguyen unexpectedly pulled the massively
popular game off of both the App Store and Android Marketplace there was a
sudden rash of copycat versions of Flappy Bird flooding some third-party
marketplaces.
Hackers are taking advantage of people’s curiosity by
releasing fake Flappy Bird applications with malware. The fake game acts like a
trial version that expires, and then prompts the user to send a text message to
reactivate the game. The number that’s texted is a premium rate SMS number that
cost money as well as posing a security risk by giving user information in the
process. Users can minimize their exposure to malicious apps by avoiding the
use of third-party marketplaces.
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