Be careful! Thousands of Android Smartphones are Vulnerable from Malware Attack

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Android-based smartphones often offer low prices just to attract the attention of the market and the middle to lower. But we need to note that some Android smartphones with low prices, often vulnerable to security issues, especially malware attacks.

Yudha P., Tekno Kompas - Be careful if you want to buy an Android phone with a fairly cheap price. Because more than 100 types of cheap Android phone terindikasi terjangkit malware even since it was first launched.

This is revealed from the results of research company security cyber Avast. From the research revealed that the existing malware on this cheap Android phone makes the phone downloading malicious applications without the permission of the user. Dangerous apps are dropper and payload type.

According to the Avast, this application is passive and can only be viewed by the user through the list of system applications and does not appear from the outside. "We at least see there are two different dropper, namely CrashService and ImeMess," said Avast as quoted KompasTekno from TechCrunch, Monday, May 28, 2018.

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Malware named Cosiloon is found in several brands of mobile phones namely ZTE, Archos, and MyPhone. In addition to downloading applications without permission, the malware also interfere with the convenience of displaying ads suddenly on the user's phone.

Avast also claims that the malicious malware that exists on this cheap Android phone has been around for at least the last three years and users will have trouble removing it because it is at the firmware level. This virus was reportedly already infected and spread in more than 90 countries in the world. Some of the countries included are Russia, Germany, and the Netherlands. Avast also said the malware is installed on as many as over 18,000 devices.

Google has also reported this malware to developers and Google requires each device to have the latest version of Google Play Protect.

source: Tekno Kompas