Do you download a lot of Google Play Russian apps? Do you like to play around with a lot of apps on Google Play? Now you’ve got to be aware.
If you are a big app user, your device might contain an Android malware by now which is name ‘BadNews’.
Here is what Mark Rogers, a security researcher had to say:
“BadNews has the ability to send fake news messages, prompt users to install applications and sends sensitive information such as the phone number and device ID to its Command and Control (C&C) server. BadNews uses its ability to display fake news messages in order to push out other types of monetization malware and promote affiliated apps.”
“It is not clear whether some or all of these apps were launched with the explicit intent of hosting BadNews or whether legitimate developers were duped into installing a malicious advertising network. However, based on our analysis of the backend code behind a number of these purported ad networks there is little doubt that BadNews is a fraudulent monetization SDK.”
“It’s challenging to get malicious bad code into Google play, the authors of BadNews created a malicious advertising network, as a front, that would push malware out to infected devices at a later date in order to pass the app scrutiny.”
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