Hackers have managed to infect millions of Android phones via an Alibaba-owned app store, researchers claim.
Share to twitterHackers are trying to replace real apps, like WhatsApp, with ad-serving fake versions, a cybersecurity company has warned. As many as 25 million Android phones have been hit with malware that replaces installed apps like WhatsApp with evil versions that serve up adverts, cybersecurity researchers warned Wednesday.
Whilst the replaced apps will serve up malicious ads, whoever's behind the hacks could do worse, Check Point warned in a blog."Due to its ability to hide it’s icon from the launcher and impersonates any popular existing apps on a device, there are endless possibilities for this sort of malware to harm a user’s device," the researchers wrote.
There's some indication that the attackers are considering moving to Google Play. The Check Point researchers said they'd found 11 apps on Google's store that contained a"dormant" piece of the hackers software. Google swiftly took those apps down.
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