Thursday, November 2, 2017

The researchers found the script began mining embedded applications with Android.


Many sites are now starting to come scripts embedded CPU to residents of a web visitor's mining revenue to the web. This action would have disagreed a lot, and some developers have released a browser extension is used to block the function of these scripts.

The latest Trend Micro researchers report that they found the Android operating system, apps secretly embed such scripts by running on the in-app browser template does not inform users found the two application named "Recitiamo Santo Rosario Free" and "SafetyNet Wireless App" work is when opening up similar application to secretly open. WebView hide from users see and start running the script of the Coinhive to mine Monero.



He also found another app named "Car Wallpaper HD: mercedes, ferrari, bmw and audi" which act as a wallpaper app includes simple. But behind the embed library mine name cpuminer version with Malware with another class. Called by use of resources is not enough, Also have the malware.

After this was reported by Google, it deleted all three out of the app Play Store already but we still do not know, have an this much. By what we have done is to install apps from trusted developers.

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