HiddnAd and Guerilla Adware Removed From the Google Play Store

guest · Mar 26, 2018

HiddnAd and Guerilla Adware Removed From the Google Play Store
March 26, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...la-adware-removed-from-the-google-play-store/

Both adware infections came to light after Sophos researchers spotted them last week, and at the end of January, respectively.

We call Guerilla malware because Yu says the adware's malicious code worked as a fully fledged backdoor, allowing miscreants to download and run any additional component.

"Users of the apps bundled with an ad platform like Guerilla can be held hostage by the those who control the C&C infrastructure," [...]
HiddnAd wasn't as sophisticated as Guerilla, [...] hid the adware's malicious code inside an innocent-looking "graphics" subcomponent.
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