Latest Android Malware Infects Gingerbread via Jailbreak Exploit | #hackers #mobile #malware

Researchers have uncovered the first malware using the "Gingerbreak" root exploit for Android 2.3, code-named "Gingerbread."

GingerMaster, a variant of the DroidKungFu malware that appeared earlier this year, has a root exploit that gives the attacker control of the infected device, Xuxian Jiang, an associate professor at North Carolina State University's department of computer science, wrote in a blog post Aug. 18. NC State researchers worked with mobile security vendor NetQin and discovered that GingerMaster wrapped malicious code around a jailbreak exploit for Android 2.3 devices.

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