Stealthy Android Malware Disguised as an Adblocker and Run in Background By Requesting Fake VPN Connection
Researchers observed a stealthy Android malware poses as ad blocker serves full-screen ads while opening the browsers, in the notification section and home widgets. The malicious app(Ads Blocker V3.9) infection is on the rise, Malwarebytes researchers able to obtain 1,800 samples through their Mobile Intelligence System which shows the infection rate is high. Good news is the app not distributed from Google play, still, the source of infection is unknown and it targets mainly the users in the united states and also in European countries such as France and Germany. Trouble Starts Right After Installation After the installation straightaway, the app asks to Allow display over other app rights form the users, once it granted then it shows a fake popup asking for the Connection request. For an adblocker app, why it requires to connect with a VPN service? yes, it is a fake popup to make the malware run the malware all the time in the background. Next, it asks to add a