Online application store, Google has just kicked Play reported 32 infected apps malicious software (malware) called "BadNews".
Digital Spy, Monday (22/4), report the action taken after the reports of Google mobile security firm Lookout related to the presence BadNews on Google Play. Two to nine million users have downloaded the application alleged 'dark passenger' is.
BadNews disguised as an (application) innocent, as Aggressive advertising network, "said security researcher Marc Rogers in the official blog Lookout.
Applications containing malware mostly use Russian language category which includes games and wallpapers, in addition to multiple applications with English as collision game, savage knife, and the stupid birds.
Rogers explained makers BadNews applications using advertising networks in applications as the vanguard to spread malware so as to bypass the security systems at Google Play.
"BadNews able to send false messages, asking the user in order to install the application and send sensitive information such as phone number and identity of the server to the device Command and Control," said Rogers.
Emerging BadNews, call Rogers, a measure of the latest developments in the evolution of malware for mobile devices achieve wide distribution by using a server in Russia, Ukraine, and Germany to suspend its behavior.
Rogers suggested the application developers to pay attention to third-party sources used in their applications. Besides developers, data security manager at technology companies also need to keep an eye on the emergence of malware in applications that have passed through the security system.
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