Anatsa Android malware downloaded 150,000 times via Google Play (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by IllNess@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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The five malicious apps are:

Phone Cleaner - File Explorer (com.volabs.androidcleaner)

PDF Viewer - File Explorer (com.xolab.fileexplorer)

PDF Reader - Viewer & Editor (com.jumbodub.fileexplorerpdfviewer)

Phone Cleaner: File Explorer (com.appiclouds.phonecleaner)

PDF Reader: File Manager (com.tragisoap.fileandpdfmanager)

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[-] AnomalousBit@programming.dev 7 points 9 months ago

I’m sure there are other examples, but Android is definitely the first instance I encountered of big corps trying to use “open source” as a benefit only to poison pill their offering into a nearly useless corner. One of the many examples of Google torching their positive reputation over the years.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 4 points 9 months ago

How Meta said Threads was going to support ActivityPub?

Or Oracle buying Java just to sue companies like Google for using it maybe?

I'm sure Oracle has a ton of examples that I cannot remember at the moment.

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