In the morning we published for Android Gooligan. Αν έχετε κάποιο smartphone Android καλό θα ήταν να ελέγξετε μήπως έχει παραβιαστεί. Ένα νέο κακόβουλο λογισμικό Android που έχει ήδη παραβιάσει πάνω από 1 εκατομμύριο λογαριασμούς Google και μολύνει περίπου 13.000 Appliances every day.
They called it Gooligan and can root on Android devices devices to steal the email addresses and authentication IDs that are stored.
You can read more on our first publication.
Google reportedly issued an official announcement on the issue we published below as we received it:
"Following the your publications for the issue that has arisen regarding the malicious app Goοligan, we send you the official position of Google with the request to include it in your post as well.
"We appreciate its contribution Check Point which we have worked with to understand and address such issues. It is worth emphasizing that as part of our ongoing effort to protect users from the "family" of malicious software Ghost Push, we have taken numerous measures and we are taking protective measures to improve security throughout our ecosystem Android.
In particular, our actions include: the revocation of token (settings) of the Google accounts of users whose devices are infected, providing clear instructions to safely log back in,activation of the apps related to this issue from the infected devices, the continuous development of verification apps and the continuous improvements of SafetyNet to protect users from these apps in the future and our cooperation with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to eliminate this malware completely. "
Adrian Ludwig, Android Security Director