Google and Apple have taken off a mobile app called Find and Call from their official app stores after there were reports that it was insidiously taking away user’s phone book data and using the information to spam their contacts.
Security researchers from Kaspersky have termed Find and Call as malwareafter being notified about its suspicious behavior by MegaFon, one of the largest mobile carriers in Russia.The app had been available on Google Play since at least May 21 and on Apple’s App Store since at least June 13. Those dates are when the app’s Android and iOS versions were last updated, said Denis Maslennikov, a senior malware analyst at security firm Kaspersky Lab.
The app lets users find and call other people without knowing their phone numbers, if those people have associated their domain names, social networking handles, instant messaging IDs, or other similar contact information with a phone number in the Find and Call system.
