The Judy Malware: Possibly the largest malware campaign found on Google Play

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 28, 2017 at 5:35:52 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] The Judy Malware: Possibly the largest malware campaign found on Google Play
>
>
> The Judy Malware: Possibly the largest malware campaign found on Google Play
>
> http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/05/25/judy-malware-possibly-largest-malware-campaign-found-google-play/
>
>      The malware, dubbed "Judy", is an auto-clicking adware which
>    was found on 41 apps developed by a Korean company. The
>    malware uses infected devices to generate large amounts of
>    fraudulent clicks on advertisements, generating revenues for
>    the perpetrators behind it.  The malicious apps reached an
>    astonishing spread between 4.5 million and 18.5 million
>    downloads. Some of the apps we discovered resided on Google
>    Play for several years, but all were recently updated. It is
>    unclear how long the malicious code existed inside the apps,
>    hence the actual spread of the malware remains unknown.
>
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>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren 



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