The Android is the most popular mobile operating system in the world, so it's very natural to target malware.
According to one article in blog of TrendMicro, a new the malicious λογισμικό που έχει σχεδιαστεί για την εξόρυξη για διάφορων ψηφιακών νομισμάτων, όπως το Bitcoin, το Litecoin και το Dogecoin.
The name his: ANDROIDOS_KAGECOIN.HBT.
The presence of this malware on the devices affects the user experience in several ways. It shortens the duration ζωής της μπαταρίας του smartphone χρησιμοποιώντας συνεχώς τους πόρους τους συστήματος. Η συνολική διάρκεια ζωής της devices is also affected.
The new malware was discovered in repackaged copies of various popular applications Google Play Store. For example, the Football Manager Handheld and TuneIn Radio.
"The applications have been injected with CPU mining code that they have received from legitimate mining applications for Android. It is the code used in the well-known cpuminer software ", the blog post states.
When installed on the device, malicious software starts working in the background as soon as it detects an internet connection. It is designed to begin mining with the CPU of the device and connects to a dynamic domain that redirects to an anonymous Dogecoin mining pool.
TrendMicro also explains that malware has been engineered to download a file that contains all the information needed to configure malicious software. Obviously, by constantly modifying this file, hackers avoid locating them from authorities, or from any interested party.
So beware of what you download and install on your devices, as we have seen several times the Google Play Store does not provide security.
