By Eduard Kovacs on November 04, 2015
Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have come across a new malicious adware family distributed via trojanized versions of popular Android applications.
The new threat, dubbed by the security company “Shuanet,” has been found in numerous Android programs, including Okta’s two-factor authentication application.
Similar to other recently discovered malicious adware families, such as Kemoge (ShiftyBug) and Shedun (GhostPush), Shuanet is designed to root the infected phone without the user’s knowledge, allowing attackers to gain unrestricted access to the device and prevent the victim from removing the threat.
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