Shame: hackers use Android apps as porn bait to launch malicious attacks.

Shame: hackers use Android apps as porn bait to launch malicious attacks.

With the development of research, the Android system has become smoother and smoother, and the usage of the system, which has been criticized by users for a long time, has become choppy and has been greatly improved, the service life of Android devices is further improved. However, it is worrying that the malicious software, malicious attacks, and other phenomena often found in the Android system will not decrease or decrease.

Recently, Russian network security company Kaspersky released a survey data showing that about 2017 of Android users suffered malware attacks in 4.9 million, among them, 1.2 million of the victims suffered malware because of porn content. Using pornographic content to spread malware is a common tactic in the malware industry. Previously, a foreign hacker organization infected more than one million Android phones by spreading fake pornographic applications, and successfully stolen more than $0.89 million in funds.

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab also found that at least 27 malware variants belong to three notorious malware families that specifically steal user logon creden。 for paid pornographic websites. In November 23, malicious software targeting Android devices used pornographic content to hide their real functions and used pornographic content to launch malicious attacks. This method made Android users unable to defend against attacks.

Subsequently, Kaspersky researchers reminded Android users that most of the malicious apps exposed on the internet come from third-party software download stores, and Google Play stores are relatively safer, because Google will prohibit any application that contains adult content from uploading, it reminds users to download regular applications from the Google Play store as much as possible to avoid cyberattacks.