Up to 36.5 million Android devices may have been infected with a newly discovered piece of malware that generated fraudulent ad revenue for its creators. The malicious code was spotted in in 41 apps developed by a Korean company named Kiniwini and registered on Google Play as ENISTUDIO Corp., whoch produces a series of casual cooking and fashion games under the Judy brand.
According to CheckPoint Security, most of these apps have been on the Play Store for a long time but they were all recently updated so its unclear as to when the malicious code was added.
In order to circumvent Google Plays Protection, the hackers only downloaded the actual malicious payload after the app had been installed by connecting to a C&C server (Command and Control).
Källa: New malware infects over 36.5 million Android devices to generate fraudulent ad revenue – TechSpot
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