HUMMINGBAD
I saw tweets about this on twitter yesterday. Sounds extremely malicious and well organized. It's a new malware from an organization called Yingmob in China. Has anyone heard about this and is the Webroot organization keeping us safe from this criminal enterprise?
+54Hi and welcome to the Community ?
Take a look at this article HummingBad Android Malware Is a Dangerous Rootkit with a Bright Future
Take a look at this article HummingBad Android Malware Is a Dangerous Rootkit with a Bright Future
+3Considering it has been around since at least last November, I'd be very surprised if Webroot cannot readily detect this.
Quote: "Shedun, which first appeared in August 2015, is also known as GhostPush, HummingBad, Hummer, AndroidOS_libskin, as well as by the name of the malicious Android .APK executable file itself, which is right_core."
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/android-trojanized-adware-shedun-infections-surge-a-9249
Quote: "Shedun, which first appeared in August 2015, is also known as GhostPush, HummingBad, Hummer, AndroidOS_libskin, as well as by the name of the malicious Android .APK executable file itself, which is right_core."
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/android-trojanized-adware-shedun-infections-surge-a-9249
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