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Agent Smith Malware Infecting Android Apps

“The primary battlefield in the hacking wars has shifted to the mobile device."

Android mobile apps. Android mobile apps. (Source: Shutterstock)

Malware replacing legitimate Android apps on 25 million devices, and a Magecart campaign containing 17,000 domains on its Amazon bucket list highlight another busy week on the cybersecurity front.

Android malware, named Agent Smith, which replaces portions of apps with its own code, infected more than 25 million devices, according to researchers at security firm Check Point. Agent Smith replaces legitimate apps such as WhatsApp, Opera Mini, or Flipkart, in order to inject a flood of ads, or takes credit for the ads already displayed, so the malware’s operator can profit off the fraudulent views.

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Roy Urrico

Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).

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