Kapersky Lab recently discovered a trojan, Svpeng, hiding in Google’s advertising network AdSense. In the space of just two months, Svpeng was detected on 330,000 Android devices, with the rate of infection peaking at 26,000 victims per day. The first known case of an Svpeng attack occurred in mid-July on a Russian news outlet, downloading itself from an infected advert placed on Google’s advertising platform. Google has since patched its ad network, but it is still unclear how many people have been infected. The trojan is designed to steal bank card information.
Kapersky Lab recently discovered a trojan, Svpeng, hiding in Google’s advertising network AdSense. In the space of just two months, Svpeng was detected on 330,000 Android devices, with the rate of infection peaking at 26,000 victims per day. The first known case of an Svpeng attack occurred in mid-July on a Russian news outlet, downloading itself from an infected advert placed on Google’s advertising platform. Svpeng disguised itself as a key browser update in order to convince the user to download it. The trojan is designed to steal bank card information.