New Android super-malware discovered - Impossible to remove?

[Ink]

Source : Android super-malware discovered – Is Google’s platform in peril?

The Obad.a Trojan illustrates a number of serious vulnerabilities in the structure of Android. It’s troubling that this one piece of malware exploits two previously unknown, high-risk flaws in Google’s security. The real threat isn’t Obad.a — the exploits will be patched and virus definitions will be updated. The problem is bigger than that: Android may have finally become a large enough target that it makes sense for internet villains to create complex, stubborn malware of the sort previously reserved for Windows. It could be a big headache for Google in the coming years.

Kaspersky Labs blog : The Most Sophisticated Android Trojan

The creators of Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a also used yet another previously unknown error in the Android operating system. By exploiting this vulnerability, malicious applications can enjoy extended Device Administrator privileges without appearing on the list of applications which have such privileges. As a result of this, it is impossible to delete the malicious program from the smartphone after it gains extended privileges.

Finally, Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a does not have an interface and works in background mode.

 

[Moose]

Thank you! For the information! Let us here at MalwareTips know if there is software that can remove down the road.

 

[DrBeenGolfing]

This thing would hit a dry hole on my tablet - unless it wants to look at FoxNews, DrudgeReport, MalwareTips, etc. Sorry, virus artists, no personal or financial info to be mined here. Who wrote this bug, Team Obama?