Hummingbad

HummingBad is Android malware created by Chinese advertising company, Yingmob. It was discovered by Check Point in February 2016.[1]

Researchers from Check Point said the malware installs more than 50,000 fraudulent apps each day, displays 20 million malicious advertisements, and generates more than $300,000 per month in revenue.[2][3] The research pointed out the Yingmob group, previously accused of being responsible for the Yispecter iOS malware, as being responsible for the attack.[4]

The malware infected more than 10 million Android devices worldwide, most of which were located in China and India and were running outdated versions of Android.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "HummingBad: A Persistent Mobile Chain Attack". checkpoint.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ^ Dan Goodin - Jul 7, 2016 5:50 pm UTC (2016-07-07). "10 million Android phones infected by all-powerful auto-rooting apps". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "From HummingBad to Worse: New In-Depth Details and Analysis of the HummingBad Android Malware Campaign". Check Point Blog. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  4. ^ "YiSpecter: First iOS Malware That Attacks Non-jailbroken Apple iOS Devices by Abusing Private APIs - Palo Alto Networks Blog". Palo Alto Networks Blog. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  5. ^ Goodin, Dan (7 July 2016). "10 million Android phones infected by all-powerful auto-rooting apps". Ars Technica.
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