Agent Smith Malware Affected More Than 25M Android Devices
Agent Smith serves ads on the infected phones and it hides by changing its name to a regular-looking app. This malware is spreading through apps like 9Apps. According to the research by a security firm Check Point, the malware looks for popular apps like WhatsApp, Opera Mini, or Flipkart, on a smartphone and then replaces portions of their code and prevents them from being updated. But as of now, the malware doesn’t steal any for your data instead it forcibly shows the number of ads from the hacked apps or takes credit of the already serving ads so that the malware’s operator can profit off the fraudulent views....