Joker Malware Resurges hauv App Downloaded 500,000-Plus Times

Pradeo muaj sab Joker malware, uas tau ua haujlwm tsawg kawg ob xyoos, hauv Android app hu ua Color Message uas tau rub tawm ntau dua 500,000 zaug.

"Joker yog categorized li Fleeceware," Pradeo hais tias, "raws li nws cov haujlwm tseem ceeb yog simulate clicks thiab cuam tshuam SMS rau npe rau cov kev pabcuam them nqi uas tsis xav tau rau cov neeg siv. Los ntawm kev siv cov cai me me raws li qhov ua tau thiab muab zais kom zoo, Joker tsim cov hneev taw tsis meej uas tuaj yeem ua kom yuam kev. Hauv ob xyoos dhau los, cov malware tau pom nyob hauv ntau pua apps. "

Lub tuam txhab hais tias Xim Xov tau tshawb pom surreptitiously "ua kev sib txuas rau Lavxias teb sab servers." Txij li thaum lub app tau raug tshem tawm los ntawm Google Play, tab sis cov duab thaij duab luam tawm los ntawm Pradeo qhia tau tias nws raug nqi raws li kev xa xov app uas "ua rau kev xa ntawv yooj yim, lom zem, thiab zoo nkauj" thiab tau qhab nia nruab nrab ntawm 4.1 hnub qub txawm tias muaj ntau lub hnub qub tshuaj xyuas. .

Pradeo hais tias "Peb qhov kev tshuaj xyuas ntawm daim ntawv thov Xim Message los ntawm Pradeo Security cav qhia tau tias nws nkag mus rau cov neeg siv cov npe hu thiab tshem tawm nws hla lub network," Pradeo hais. "Ib txhij, daim ntawv thov cia li sau npe rau cov kev pabcuam them nyiaj uas tsis xav tau rau cov neeg siv. Txhawm rau ua kom yooj yim tshem tawm, daim ntawv thov muaj peev xwm zais nws lub cim ib zaug ntsia. "

Pradeo hais tias yav dhau los apps featuring Joker malware tau teeb tsa ntawm 1,000 thiab 100,000 zaug ua ntej lawv raug tshem tawm ntawm Google Play. Cov software phem no suav nrog ntau lub scanners, lwm lub app xa ntawv, tus neeg saib xyuas wallpaper, thiab lub npe hu ua Safety AppLock. Luckily nws zoo nkaus li tias deleted apps tuaj yeem tshem tawm cov malware.