Tjugotvå appar som hittats i Googles officiella butik för appar till Android har visat sig innehålla malware-programmet Lightsout. Apparna har laddats ned 1.5 till 7.5 miljoner gånger.
Apparna, ficklamps-appar, har infekterats och laddats upp till Google Play. När apparna laddats ned och installerats så har annonser och reklam visats i enheten. Vissa annonser har varit så kallade popups som användaren tvingats att stänga innan de kunnat svara i telefonen eller använda som enhet.
Dubbed ‘LightsOut’, the code hid itself in 22 different flashlight and utility apps, and reached a spread of between 1.5 million and 7.5 million downloads. Its purpose? To generate illegal ad revenue for its perpetrators at the expense of unsuspecting users.
The deception was far reaching in its disruption to the user. Some users noted that they were forced to press on ads to answer calls and perform other activities on their device. Indeed, another user reported that the malicious ad activity continued even after he purchased the ad-free version of the app, taking the abuse to a whole new level.
Apparna hart nu plockats bort från Google Play
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