Android Botnet Claims 1 Million Victims in China

Yeah, I don't think that attack was sponsored by the government...

Maybe China would invest a little more into cracking down on the Mob hackers?

(I call them "Mob" because many professional hackers work together, just like criminal gangs)

I was a big fan of Android and i used a GS2 for almost two years; but the security model of Android of unverified apps being uploaded to the Play Store every day is just tacking the platform to a perfect storm; news reports like these are just the beginning. Android needs to start charging for uploading apps to the Play store like Microsoft and Apple do, and the money spent of reviewing the code before releasing it to the customer base.

Android has no security holes than the iraqi navy* Fixed

JackFrost860I was a big fan of Android and i used a GS2 for almost two years; but the security model of Android of unverified apps being uploaded to the Play Store every day is just tacking the platform to a perfect storm; news reports like these are just the beginning. Android needs to start charging for uploading apps to the Play store like Microsoft and Apple do, and the money spent of reviewing the code before releasing it to the customer base.
However, Google still has to walk a fine line between setting the flood gates to "full open" and being a tyrant about selecting which stuff to approve.

When the first iPhones came out, a company got screwed over by Apple when Apple's review committee took over three years to approve their preemptively heavily marketed app.

By the time the app was available on the market, the new iPhones already included the app's feature.

Ouch...