Android’s latest flavor is Nougat.
Google10 million Android devices have been infected by a malware called HummingBad, as announced Check Point. The firm cybersecurity said it discovered the malware in February and has since been following the track
HummingBad is particularly dangerous because the team is behind him. equipment developers Yingmob a legitimate advertising agency, multimillionaire, and headquartered in Beijing.
“Yingmob has several development teams tracking advertising platforms that are legitimate,” says the report. “the team responsible for developing the malicious component is the development of foreign platforms, which includes a group of a total of 25 employees. “
malware is installed on a piece of software known as rootkit infects that way to Android devices, giving cybercriminals a level administrators of smart phones. This access is used to generate revenue fraudulently – apparently up to US $ 300,000 a month -. Through the forced discharge application and click on ads
Most of the victims are in China and India with more than 1.6 million and 1.35 million cases respectively. Philippines, Indonesia and Turkey rounded out the top five most affected countries, while in the US is estimated there are about 286.800 infected devices, some 325.208 in Mexico, Brazil and 137.131 366.566 in Colombia. Other countries in Latin America and Spain had a lower representation of infections, therefore do not appear in the study.
Neither Yingmob nor Google immediately respond to a request for comment.
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