Researchers at Android/Mapin have found that the ESET trojan has been bundled into mobile apps made to look like popular games such as CandyCrush and Plants vs Zombies. The main aim behind the malware is to make adverts full-screen sized on the infected handset, yet the complexity of the trojan is such that it will happily wait for two to three days before activating itself so as to remain unnoticed. Quite who is behind the campaign is far from clear. The original apps from the recognised manufacturers are not impacted.
Researchers at ESET have found that the Android/Mapin trojan has been bundled into mobile apps made to look like popular games such as CandyCrush and Plants vs Zombies. The main aim behind the malware is to make adverts full-screen sized on the infected handset, yet the complexity of the trojan is such that it will happily wait for two to three days before activating itself so as to remain unnoticed. Quite who is behind the campaign is far from clear. The original apps from the recognised manufacturers are not impacted.