Android malware fakes phone shutdown to steal data

Next time you turn off your Android phone, you might want take the battery out just to be certain. Security vendor AVG has spotted a malicious program that fakes the sequence a user sees when they shut off their phone, giving it freedom to move around on the device and steal data. When someone presses the power button on a device, a fake dialog box is shown. The malware then mimics the shutdown animation and appears to be off, AVG's mobile malware research team said in a blog post. "Although the...