Huawei, for several years now, it does without Google's services on its devices. Por esto, now it uses its own app store, AppGallery. In this store, numerous applications have been detected that hide malware.
Researchers from Doctor Web have discovered a trojan, cataloged under the name “Android.cynos.7.origin”, since this malware is a variant of another, known under the name Cynos. A total of has been discovered 190 juegos, designed to target users who speak Russian and Chinese, principalmente.
Once the game with the malicious code is installed, the application requests permission from the victim to access the phone and connect to the internet, use geolocation and read system data.
Aunque las aplicaciones maliciosas ya están retiradas de la tienda, es importante que los usuarios también las desinstalen de los dispositivos.
Este caso nos recuerda, nuna vez más, lo importante que es verificar el origen de las aplicaciones que instalamos y desconfiar cuando se solicitan más permisos de los realmente necesarios.
Fountain:theHackerNews