Hummer Trojan Affects Android Devices
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 07/01/2016 10:09 AM
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Researchers at Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab revealed a new trojan that is affecting Android devices.
The malware dubbed Hummer is said to have garnished the creators $500,000 per day.
At its highest point, Hummer has infected 1.4 million Android devices with 63,000 in China alone. The hackers stand to get 50 cents for every smart phone it is installed on.
Once installed, Hummer roots it to gain admin privileges which makes it very difficult to remove using standard anti-virus software.
“The researchers believe that this trojan family originated from the underground internet industry chain in China, based on the trojan codes that have been uploaded to an open-source platform by a careless member of the criminal group behind the trojan family,” according to the researchers.
“This trojan continually pops up ads on victims' phones, which is extremely annoying. It also pushes mobile phone games and silently installs porn applications in the background,” the researchers post said. “Unwanted apps appear on these devices, and they're reinstalled shortly after users uninstall them.”
The researchers did a test and found that the malware "accessed the network over 10,000 times and downloaded over 200 APKs, consuming 2 GB of network traffic.”
Source: SCMagazine
The malware dubbed Hummer is said to have garnished the creators $500,000 per day.At its highest point, Hummer has infected 1.4 million Android devices with 63,000 in China alone. The hackers stand to get 50 cents for every smart phone it is installed on.
Once installed, Hummer roots it to gain admin privileges which makes it very difficult to remove using standard anti-virus software.
“The researchers believe that this trojan family originated from the underground internet industry chain in China, based on the trojan codes that have been uploaded to an open-source platform by a careless member of the criminal group behind the trojan family,” according to the researchers.
“This trojan continually pops up ads on victims' phones, which is extremely annoying. It also pushes mobile phone games and silently installs porn applications in the background,” the researchers post said. “Unwanted apps appear on these devices, and they're reinstalled shortly after users uninstall them.”
The researchers did a test and found that the malware "accessed the network over 10,000 times and downloaded over 200 APKs, consuming 2 GB of network traffic.”
Source: SCMagazine
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