Badnews infects million smartphones and tablet Android

Lookout Security has discovered a new family of malware called BadNews. It is a sort of network of malware widespread on well-32 applications deployed from four different account of developers .. through Google Play!

A infection of mass that does not count previous is finally arrived in the Android(Ainol Novo 10) world, passing directly from the main door and despite the fact that Google himself has now a system antimalware complex to protection of the users. Badnews has managed to infiltrate between the meshes of Google Play, exploiting the system of updates and making a mockery of all precautions.

You count that various applications containing this malware were overall downloaded on well-9 million of terminals Android(Freelander PD30). After this signaling Google has readily closed designers' accounts also and removed the app from the store official, but the damage could to have already touched been done. In reality, from the store of Google will not you downloaded directly the virus, but a series of applications they contained one component "advertising" which made reference to 3 exteal servers.

This component, after a comportamente "normal" held in the first weeks of existence, has become via via more aggressive, up to when an update not has made him potentially dangerous(Ampe A78). He began collecting the personal data such as telephone number and Imei for then finish by recommending insistently the installation of AlphaSMS (a malware that sends SMS text messages payment without the user's consent).

For now the 50% of the app involved is in the Russian language, with AlphaSMS that accomplishes fraud also in neighboring countries such as Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan. The three servers of control to which ago reference the malware are positioned in Russia, Ukraine and Germany; for now are still all active but you are working for disable them the more in a hurry as possible. For a greater security we invite you to remove the tick by the settings of Android that conce the installation of app unknown (by enabling it only in the moment in which you would like to really install something of unaudited) and to downloading and using an app for the protection Mobile, for identify malware and other virus.