Android Apps With Over 100 Million Installs Contain a Clicker Trojan

guest · Aug 9, 2019

Android Apps With Over 100 Million Installs Contain a Clicker Trojan
August 9, 2019
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Researchers found a clicker Trojan bundled with over 33 apps distributed through the Google Play Store and downloaded by Android users over 100 million times.
The malware was designed as a malicious module added to seemingly harmful applications such as audio players, barcode scanners, dictionaries, and a host of other various types of ordinary software most people would install on their Android devices.
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The clicker Trojan dubbed by the researchers Android.Click.312.origin would only activate 8 hours after the apps that contained were launched to evade detection.

Once the user installs a new app on the infected device via the Play Store or from an APK installer, the Trojan will send info and technical data on the device and the newly installed app to its C2 server which sends back URLs to open in a browser, an invisible WebView, or in the Play Store.

"Thus, depending on the settings of the command and control server and the instructions it sends, the trojan can not only advertise applications on Google Play, but also covertly load any websites, including advertisements (even videos) or other dubious content," the researchers found.
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