Cybercriminals targeted Android users in Japan with a number of malware-laced Android apps designed to mimic and masquerade as popular games. Symantec said it has detected 29 such applications originating from seven developer accounts. Common coding characteristics in the apps suggest that one party is responsible for all of the applications, the researchers claim. The number of infected devices is somewhere between 70,000 and 300,000, according to the researchers. The purpose of this attack is to gather and sell email addresses and phone numbers for some future spam or other fraudulent campaign.
Source: https://threatpost.com/malicious-android-apps-target-users-japan-041612/76446/