Android. An unprecedented problem has been discovered for phone and tablet users around the world, and here we are talking about something that should worry even the most die-hard fans of the operating system. According to the Check Point company, specialized in computer security, no less than 200 applications with malware were downloaded 150 million times before being withdrawn from the Google Play Store by the Google company, the figure being a huge one.
Android. We are talking about a malware that displays advertisements outside the application, so the user did not see that advertisement was being displayed, and until the problem was discovered, a lot of money was made from it. It is not known if those 200 applications deleted by Google from the Play Store represent all the applications with malware that were published by hackers, but it is quite clear that Android has a huge problem with regard to this type of hacks .
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Android. SimBad is the name of the malware discovered in the applications, the vast majority of them being games with transport simulators, agriculture, etc., the total number of downloads being an impressive one. With 150 million downloads for these Android apps, it is expected that hundreds of millions of impressions have been generated for the ads displayed outside of them, and through them, extremely large amounts of money have certainly been earned by the hackers. .
Check Point researchers from the Mobile Threat Team have discovered a new adware campaign on the Google Play Store. This particular strain of Adware was found in 210 applications, and the combined download count has reached almost 150 million. Google was swiftly notified and removed the infected applications from the Google Play Store.
Android. Although those from Google analyze the applications to be published in the Play Store, it seems that they have not discovered this huge problem that has affected at least a few million people, if not even tens of millions. It is absolutely amazing what is happening in the Play Store, and this is only a small part of the problem of applications with malware that exist there, because many applications of this kind have not yet been discovered by the security firms that analyze the Android platform.
Android. In iOS, for example, a problem of this kind would not exist because Apple does not allow the display of advertisements outside of applications, so be careful what you install on phones with Google's operating system.
