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Mobile Malware Preys on Legitimate Apps and Services

24
Jun
2014

With mobile devices being so prevalent, cybercriminals have already tapped this market leveraging vulnerabilities in apps and services in order to make as many victims as possible.The June 2014 McAfee Labs Threat Report provides examples of malicious apps abusing Google account authentication and authorization policies on Android.One of the apps discovered by the researchers would download, install and deploy other software without user consent, exposing them to risks ranging from extracting s…

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