A rogue phishing application developed to capture bank login data has been removed from Google's Android Marketplace mobile app storefront

A selection of applications written and uploaded by an Android Marketplace user/developer have been found to contain malicious code that attempts to compromise banking information stored on the device in order to commit bank/credit card fraud.

For its part, First Tech Credit Union has released the following statement:

    “We recently learned that a fraudster developed a rogue Android Smartphone app. It creates a shell of mobile banking apps that tries to gain access to a consumer’s financial information.

Droid09 launched this phishing attack from the Android Marketplace and it’s since been removed. It’s called phishing because scammers go fishing for information about you or your financial account that may be used for identity theft.

Please note that this attack didn’t target First Tech accounts. Accessing your First Tech account from your phone’s web browser is completely secure.

If you did download the Droid09 app, please remove it from your phone and take it to your mobile provider to ensure it’s completely removed.

As a reminder, we don’t currently have an app for the Android phone.”

Read more info here: http://www.top10.co.uk/mobilephones/blog/2010/01/phishing_app_sneaks_onto_android/

And here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/11/android_phishing_app/