PC World

Soundminer Android Malware Listens, Then Steals, Phone Data

Researchers have developed a low-profile Trojan horse program for Google’s Android mobile OS that steals data in a way that is unlikely to be detected by either a user or antivirus software. The ...
VentureBeat

Android Trojan Soundminer can “hear” credit card numbers

Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept Android program that can literally keep an ear out for credit card numbers. Dubbed Soundminer, the software uses the phone’s microphone to listen for ...
Computerworld

Soundminer Trojan horse steals Android phone data

Researchers have developed a low-profile Trojan horse program for Google’s Android mobile OS that steals data in a way that is unlikely to be detected by either a user or antivirus software. The ...
Computerworld

Sensory malware: Android app listens then steals credit card data

You are most likely being watched right now without knowing it, but it’s the apps on your smartphone that may be tracking your every move. What if an app was listening too, waiting for financial data ...
Forbes

Researchers' Android Trojan Can "Hear" Credit Card Numbers

Smartphones running Android try to prevent the sort of viruses and Trojans that plague PCs by carefully walling off which of the phones' features and data applications can access. But one team of ...