11/26/2021, 6:12 am | From Editor CHIP
The original for this post is from Schmidt’s blog *
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, which was built into the app and found on consumer devices via the Huawei AppGallery. Data shows that about 9,300,000 owners of Android devices have already installed the app and have been using it for a long time.
Android devices affected: Huawei AppGallery as a starting point
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 coordinates or data from a cellular network and WiFi access point (if the application has permission to access the location)
- Various parameters of the cellular network, etc. b. Network code and country code of the mobile 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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