![]() Negative reviews for the CamScanner app tipped Kaspersky off that something was wrong, according to the researchers. Based on feedback of users we've received and have seen in public, at least in some cases, people were losing money as a result of installation of this application with a malicious module,” Igor Golovin, security researcher at Kaspersky, tells Information Security Media Group. "In this particular case, we've seen an advertisement SDK added to the code of application. The combination of these two Trojans could be used to spread a malvertising campaign or sign up smartphone users for services or websites they don’t want, the researchers say. It's not clear what the end goal of this particular attack was, according to Kaspersky. In this case, once the dropper is installed, it then attempts to install a second Trojan from the attackers, according to Kaspersky. The Trojan malware, which Kaspersky researchers call, is a dropper - a type of attack code that initially infects a computer or smartphone. See Also: Live Webinar | Education Cybersecurity Best Practices: Devices, Ransomware, Budgets and ResourcesĬamScanner, which enables mobile devices to be used as document scanner, has been downloaded more than 100 million times by users through the Google Play store, Kaspersky notes. ![]() Researchers at the security firm Kaspersky found malware hiding in advertising within a recent version of the popular CamScanner app for Android smartphones. ![]()
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