Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Nikispy?

“Nickispy is a family of Trojan horse viruses that targets
smartphones powered by the Android operating system. The most
recent strain of Nickispy, Nickispy.C, masquerades as the Google+
(Google Plus) service in an attempt to dupe Android OS users into
installing the malware. Nickispy.C attempts to trick users into
installing a third-party app called Google++ (notice the use of two
‘plus’ signs rather than one), and it even uses the same icon as
the real Google+ service.

“Users installing Google++ provide Nickispy with complete access
to their smartphone’s text messages and call logs, and the malware
can even record phone calls as well as GPS position history.
Nickispy can additionally secretly answer calls on its own and send
a user’s private information to a remote site without the user’s
knowledge.”

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