cyber security experts detected More than 80 fake apps on official Android and iOS storesAccording to a report released Friday the 23rd, . adware 13 million times installed on both operating systems.
According to HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence research team, these programs imitating legitimate practices, but taking action a series of ads are shown on the victims’ cell phones. They can also create views for fake pages by advertising incognito.
Using a bundle ID that didn’t match the name of the post, fake apps tricked advertisers into monetizing clicks and impressions that apparently came from a more lucrative software category. With additional layers of code obfuscation, these were difficult to detect.
Those responsible for the discovery believe that these adware are part of an ad fraud campaign called “Scylla”. It will be the third wave of the action called “Poseidon”, the second phase of “Charybdis”, which started in 2019 and held in 2020.
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According to the report, most fake advertising apps Found on Play Store. Them More than 75 adware available android storedisguised as legitimate software using names like dinosaur legend, Superhero-Save the world!, Find 5 Differences, Shoot Master and Find 10 Differencesamong dozens of other titles.
in the iOS store, they More than 10 rogue apps included in malicious campaignAccording to experts. Run Bridge, Racing Legend 3D, wall of fire, Ninja Critical Strike, Wood Sculptor and glow gun were some of them. Google and Apple have been warned and all adware detected by the team has been removed, fake apps can no longer be downloaded.
However, many of them can still be installed on mobile phones and get rid of auto-detection. That’s why it’s important to check the full list of scams included in the campaign on the HUMAN Security website and manually remove any software running on your phone.
Source: Tec Mundo
