Malware Infection Hummingbad 10 Million Android Phones

Every smart phone users are always advised not to download applications that are outside official website that houses the Android or IOS.

That is because, applications that spread beyond the official websites such as Google Play Store or AppStore, has a security level that is not the same as the second official webstore. The application allows the malware hidden in it.

Reported by security company Check Point reported by Ubergizmo, Wednesday (13/7), said that CNET has found China named Hummingbad malware that has infected 10 million more Android devices that accept downloads outside webstore available.

"The first component that is attacked is the basic system of a mobile phone by exploiting the system vulnerable. If successful, the malware will take over the entire system of the phone. If that fails, the malware would use a second system to do a system update fake as a trick Hummingbad entry to level the licensing system, "said Check Point.

Reports preach a Chinese company, Yingmob, was behind him. Yingmob believed to have cooperation with an advertising analytics company worth millions in China. Therefore, the usual malware infect phones via click on an ad and coercion download an application that is spread on the web.