Android users, beware evil Russian Instagram malware

Savvy Russian cybercriminals are capitalizing on Instagram's success and targeting latecomers who are just now jumping on the bandwagon and downloading the app at a rate of up to 5 million downloads per week. The scheming Russian brainiacs have created Instagram look-alike malware that targets Androids, and hapless users are downloading the fake app instead of the real thing. The malware sends background SMS messages from users' phones to premium-rate numbers to earn cash for its makers. Could these guys be in cahoots with all those Instagram-loving, Android-hating iPhone users? Folks who tweet from their iPhone are basking in virtually hack-free glory and loving their iPhones even more than they did before.