Malware Discovered To be Pre-Installed On Thousands Of New Android Smartphones

Posted On May 28, 2018May 28, 2018

Malware Discovered To be Pre-Installed On Thousands Of New Android Smartphones: Czech based anti-virus company, Avast Threat labs has discovered a pre-installed hidden malware inside brand new smartphones. They reported that the affected devices include products from major players like ZTE, MediaTek, Archos, and Prestigio. Other small brands are also affected by the malware but they have a low number of monthly users.

Avast also said the cheap devices discovered with the malware are not certified by Google. The ad-related malware or adware discovered in the affected Android devices is not a new one to security experts and analysts. It’s called Cosiloon and was first detected in 20016 by Russian anti-malware company Dr. Web. According to Avast, the malware is active since then because no countermeasures were taken by smartphone manufacturers or firmware developers to avoid it. Which is one of the reasons that the malware has found its way into newer models whereas other malware has already been wiped from updated software.

What does this Cosiloon malware do? Being an adware it forcefully shows pop-up ads on smartphone’s default web browser leading users to download malware virus full apps, which automatically downloads more apps into your smartphone.

Avast has already informed Google about the matter and are in close coordination to tackle this malware. Developers at Google has started working on the firmware to permanently solve this problem. Meanwhile, Google is also working on mitigations to secure Google Play Store as they have been working on revamping whole Play Store to free it from viruses and malware apps.

Avast also pointed out that not all the devices from international brands ZTE, Archos, and Prestigio are affected by this adware. The detailed list of Cosiloon affected devices is given below:

Note: This list contains only devices that had more than 10 unique users in last month. There are about 800 more device types that had a non-considerable number of users so the list excludes them. The list is sorted by the number of users detected.

Malware Discovered To be Pre-Installed On Thousands Of New Android Smartphones

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