17th August 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu
The developer(s) of an Android adware family named GhostClicker has managed to sneak his malware on the official Google Play Store on several occasions, hiding it in as much as 340 mundane Android apps.
There have been so many cases of Android adware making it on the Google Play Store that it's getting harder to keep track of all the adware families. Previous cases include Chamois, FalseGuide, HummingBad, Viking Horde, DressCode, CallJam, and Skinner. , just to name the biggest.
All show a trend and weakness in Google's Play Store security checks that malware devs are exploiting to push adware to unsuspecting users.
The secret of sneaking malware past Google is to split malicious behavior across several components, delay its execution, and use anti-sandboxing checks to prevent execution in obvious testing environments.
Full Article.
Login to the community
No account yet? Create an account
Enter your username or e-mail address. We'll send you an e-mail with instructions to reset your password.