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I don't understand the title... So the malware is installed by the user which then spams users contacts to install it too? And to do this you need to: 1 instal
by zibzab 6y ago
I don't understand the title...
So the malware is installed by the user which then spams users contacts to install it too? And to do this you need to: 1 install shady app, 2 ignore security warnings and 3 manually give it special access to access user communication?
Yes, users can be very stupid but I wouldn't call this "wormable.
(Although we could all agree that Googles evaluation process is basically whack-a-mole).
- Moral_ 6y agoThat's Checkpoint for you stretching the truth on every single one of their publications.
- tinus_hn 6y agoThis sounds like the ‘this virus evades detection by hiding in a jpeg, until you manually extract it using this tool!’ stories we got 10 years ago.
- josefx 6y agoI think there were cases where that was used to bypass some naive upload filters in conjunction with a back end that would detect and try to handle the attached/hidden malware.
- fulafel 6y agoA lot of users sideload apps all the time. Motivations vary, but eg Google doesn't let all Android users to access Play Store. For these users I think it's pretty easy to fall for this. After all apps request overbroad permissions all the time and most users don't have the expertise to evaluate permissions nor the reputability of the publisher.
- HenryBemis 6y agoadd a #4, which should be #1 in your list: people trying to pirate netflix (The app is a fake service that claims to allow users to view Netflix content from all around the world on their mobiles).