Android Nemesis MobSTSPY Spreads worldwide Via Google Play

An Android spyware masquerading as legitimate applications has struck more than 100,000 victims in 196 countries. Detected as ANDROIDOS_MOBSTSPY & dubbed MobSTSPY, the malware is widespread & has also managed to infiltrate Google Play with at least six different apps. Let us read more to know MobSTSPY’s threat behavior and precautions to be undertaken to avoid its invasion.

An Android Spyware disguised as games & utilities struck more than 100,000 victims in 196 countries before being taken out of Google Play. Detected as ANDROIDOS_MOBSTSPY & dubbed MobSTSPY, the malware initially grabbed attention when it was masqueraded as a called Flappy Birr Dog.While it is common to find unarmed goods in third party app stores, MobSTSPY managed to infiltrate the authentic & reliable App Store i.e. Google Play with at least six different apps in 2018. These apps include:

• FlashLight,
• HZPermis Pro Arabe,
• Win7imulator,
• Win7Launcher, and
• Flappy Bird
• Flappy Birr Dog

 

 

These apps pose as legitimate & claim to be torches, games & tools for productivity. Some of these have seen 10,000 download from users around the world. Though malware invasion in devices is common, but what makes this case more interesting is the widespread distribution of its applications.Among the countries where the malware is scattered include Poland, Mozambique, Thailand Iran, Mexico, Tanzania, Vietnam, Algeria,  Romania, Cambodia, Italy, Morocco, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Argentina, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, the United Republic of Hungary & South Africa.

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