The malware was discovered by Check Point that the last five months investigating the internal processes of Yingmob, a Chinese group who is behind the creation of HummingBad malware.
According to the security company, HummingBad establishes a persistent rootkit on Android devices, especially to generate fraudulent advertising revenue and installing dangerous apps.
the group uses the HummingBad to control 85 million devices worldwide, and the revenue generated value elevation to $ 300,000 per month, said Check Point.
These recipes allow the Yingmob be economically self-reliant and engage in other hacking activities, creating botnets, databases devices to launch attacks the relevant targets, or develop new sources of revenue by selling access to mobile devices at the best value.
Yingmob controls more than 200 malicious applications and Check Point estimates that they are used by over 10 million people . The spread of malware is global and it is estimated that the largest number of users is in China and India. In the top 20 infected countries not in Portugal
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