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This is Mathijs from AppBrain. The app mentioned at the start of the article used Admob and Adcolony it seems: https://www.appbrain.com/app/emoji-switcher-root/
by thijser 8y ago
This is Mathijs from AppBrain.
The app mentioned at the start of the article used Admob and Adcolony it seems: https://www.appbrain.com/app/emoji-switcher-root/com.stevenschoen.emojiswitcher https://www.appbrain.com/app/emoji-switcher-root/com.stevens... and was taken down on October 2nd.
Another app implied in this scheme used 15 ad networks (including Admob, Facebook Audience Network and Twitter's Mopub) and was just taken down 6 days ago: https://www.appbrain.com/app/wheel-of-surprise-eggs/com.thomsandapps.wheelofsurpriseeggs https://www.appbrain.com/app/wheel-of-surprise-eggs/com.thom...
- thijser 8y agoWe updated our SDK signatures and now have a public page that shows stats about apps that contain this malware: https://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/details/techsnab-code/techsnab-behavior-capture-code https://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/details/techsnab-co... If you want to check your own device if you have any apps that contain the code used by this botnet, the latest release of our AppBrain Ad Detector app will scan for it. It's available on Google Play here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.sw...