260,000 Android Users Infected with Malware – Could That Happen to iPhones?

Early last week it was reported that a number of applications had been discovered in the Android Marketplace that contained malware. As things developed, we learned that the apps were sending certain ids and preferences to another server, but not really doing anything damaging. The applications were exploiting a known vulnerability in the Android OS to get this data. It has been revealed since then that these applications have the capability to download new code…