The McAfee Mobile Research team has identified a vulnerability in the open source framework known as Xamarin, which allows you to build Android and iOS apps using .Net and C#. a The vulnerability has been dubbed Androidwhich injects the DLL with the ability to fully control the equipment.
a From here you can perform fraudulent actions such as clicking on ads, installing applications and other actions Without the user's consent, with motives to obtain financial funds from victims.
See examples of infected apps in the gallery
McAfee details How this vulnerability can be exploited by hackers and hide these tools to avoid detection and stay under the radar of the security systems of online application distribution platforms. to The listed apps have already been blocked by Google from the Play Store, but thousands of installations have been recorded. If it is still installed on your smartphone, you should delete it immediately.
a A cybersecurity company states that if any application tries to convince the user to activate accessibility services, without any reasonable reason and prompts him to ignore operating system warningsAs can be seen in the pictures, this is a serious sign of weakness. If these permissions are granted, hackers may have access to control the equipment.
In your telemetry data, the McAfee says the most affected users are concentrated in the United States, Brazil, and Argentina. In Europe, cases have been detected mainly in the United Kingdom, Spain and Germany. But in Portugal Cases have also been discovered.
Source: McAfee
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