9 million Android devices already infected: 190 apps infected with malware

11/26/2021, 6:12 am | From Editor CHIP

The original for this post is from Schmidt’s blog *

9 million Android devices already infected: 190 apps infected with malware

The malware is distributed over about 190 Android applications. It is estimated that users have downloaded the application about nine million times. Read here how to protect yourself.

From the report of malware analysts Dr. Web Shows that more than 9 million Android devices are affected by the dangerous Trojan horse Huawei AppGallery is affected. They installed games infected with this dangerous virus.

According to the report, Android.Cynos.7.origin is the name of the Trojan that was built into the apps and found on the consumer devices through the Huawei AppGallery. Data shows that owners of about 9,300,000 Android devices already have apps installed and have been using them for a long time.

Android devices affected: Huawei AppGallery as a starting point

Millions of smartphones are said to be affected by malware.

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There are about 190 games with Trojan integrated in various genres in the Huawei AppGallery. In total, more than 9.0 million users have downloaded these games. Some of these games are aimed at Russian users and others at Chinese or international audiences.

Apps with this Trojan will ask users for specific permission, e.g. B. To Recover Phone Data. Once authorized, the Trojan can collect user data and send it to a remote service, including:

The user’s mobile phone number
Device location based on GPS integrations or data from a cellular network and WiFi access point (if the application is allowed to access the location)
Various parameters of the cellular network, such as B. network code and country code of the cellular network; GSM Cell ID and International GSM Area Code (if the application is allowed to access the location)
Various technical data of the device
Various parameters from the metadata of the Trojanized application

This post first appeared schmidtisblog.de.

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9 million Android devices already infected: 190 apps infected with malware

The malware is distributed over about 190 Android applications. It is estimated that users have downloaded the application about nine million times. Read here how to protect yourself.

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