A new Android malware dubbed “Mazar,” which is being spread by SMS, is capable of wiping all of your personal data, making calls, and reading your text messages. Detected by a Danish security firm, the malware is thought to have been distributed to more than 100,000 phones in Denmark alone so far.
Security firm Heimdal thinks this is the first time Mazar has been detected in “widespread, real world attacks,” reports BBC News. In the examples it studied, users received innocent-looking SMS that contained a link to a multimedia message.
