A new episode of the series does not end, where both Apple and Google have removed from the application stores up to 50 applications found containing malicious ads and publish to millions of users that steal their data.
These measures came from the two companies following a security research conducted by ESET and Wandera, which resulted in a list of malicious applications that should be removed from stores.
In the Slovak ESET search, there were at least 42 malicious applications containing malicious advertising software called Ashas. These applications have spread to at least eight million devices.
The company revealed that once installed applications infected with malicious advertising software, it shows a pop-up ad on the full screen and in the background connects to an external server sends him data about the user's device such as the type of device and operating system version and interface language and the number of installed applications and free storage space and battery status and the validity of the root and activate the developer mode and even If he has Facebook and Messenger applications.
Wandera, the security and protection company on the smartphone platform, found 17 iPhone applications that publish fraudulent ads to make profits for its developers. It turns out that these apps are published and developed by an Indian company and contain a Trojan designed to display fraudulent ads and illegal clicks on infected users' phones.
The company also said that applications communicate with a control server to display targeted ads and even engage users in paid services without their knowledge, losing money.<
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