Hummingbad
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HummingBad is Android malware created by Chinese advertising company, Yingmob. It was discovered by
Check Point in February 2016.[1]
Researchers from Check Point said the malware installs more than 50,000 fraudulent apps each day, displays 20
million malicious advertisements, and generates more than $300,000 per month in revenue.[2][3] The research
pointed out the Yingmob group, previously accused of being responsible for the Yispecter iOS malware, as being
responsible for the attack.[4]
The malware infected more than 10 million Android devices worldwide, most of which were located in China and
India and were running outdated versions of Android.[5]
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1. ^ "HummingBad: A Persistent Mobile Chain Attack". checkpoint.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 9
October 2016.
2. ^ Dan Goodin - Jul 7, 2016 5:50 pm UTC (2016-07-07). "10 million Android phones infected by all-powerful auto-rooting apps". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-10-02. {{cite web}} : CS1 maint: numeric
names: authors list (link)
3. ^ "From HummingBad to Worse: New In-Depth Details and Analysis of the HummingBad Android
Malware Campaign". Check Point Blog. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
4. ^ "YiSpecter: First iOS Malware That Attacks Non-jailbroken Apple iOS Devices by Abusing Private APIs
- Palo Alto Networks Blog". Palo Alto Networks Blog. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
5. ^ Goodin, Dan (7 July 2016). "10 million Android phones infected by all-powerful auto-rooting apps". Ars
Technica.
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Worm Zombie (computing) (computer science)     
1. ^ "HummingBad: A Persistent Mobile Chain Attack". checkpoint.com. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 9
October 2016.     
2. ^ Dan Goodin-Jul 7, 2016 5:50 pm UTC (2016-07-07). "10 million Android phones infected by all
powerful auto-rooting apps". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-10-02. {{cite web}} : CS1 maint: numeric
names: authors list (link)     
3. ^ "From HummingBad to Worse: New In-Depth Details and Analysis of the HummingBad Android
Malware Campaign". Check Point Blog. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-10-09.  
4. ^ "YiSpecter: First iOS Malware That Attacks Non-jailbroken Apple iOS Devices by Abusing Private APIs
-Palo Alto Networks Blog". Palo Alto Networks Blog. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-09. 
5. ^ Goodin, Dan (7 July 2016). "10 million Android phones infected by all-powerful auto-rooting apps". Ars
Technica.      
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