BuzzFeed warned developers to remove three malicious ad network software development kits (SDKs) from their apps. Correction: CM Locker, not CM Launcher, was the name of the app removed by Cheetah itself. The SDKs were found to be engaging in app install attribution fraud, whereby they falsely claimed credit for app installs by creating false clicks, enabling them to obtain the download bounty from the developer. Google ’s investigation was triggered by a Google report that led to the removal of the Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech apps from the Play Store after they were linked to ad fraud. While Google did not name the SDKs, AltaMob reported them as Google , Android apps and YeahMobi .
BuzzFeed warned developers to remove three malicious ad network software development kits (SDKs) from their apps. The SDKs were found to be engaging in app install attribution fraud, whereby they falsely claimed credit for app installs by creating false clicks, enabling them to obtain the download bounty from the developer. Google ’s investigation was triggered by a Google report that led to the removal of the Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech apps from the Play Store after they were linked to ad fraud. While Google did not name the SDKs, AltaMob reported them as Google , Android apps and YeahMobi .