Unsafe App Info : iPhone, Android app steals users' contacts for text-messaging spam, report says

An application for Apple (AAPL) and
Google's (GOOG) mobile operating systems uploaded users' contacts list for the purposes of text messaging spam, leading both companies to remove the software from
their mobile offerings Thursday.

The app, called "Find and Call," was passed off as a mobile phone book application, but users who downloaded and used the app had all of their contacts uploaded to a remote server. Once the app uploaded the user's address book, it sent text messages to all of the contacts that appeared to be from the infected phone's number, with a link to download the app.

Kaspersky Lab security blogger Denis
Maslennikov, who originally revealed the
malicious nature of "Find and Call" in a
Thursday blog post, traced the app's creation to a website for a Singapore-based company,
which seeks even more information about
visitors, including PayPal information.

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iPhone, Android app steals users' contacts for text-messaging spam, report says - San Jose Mercury News