"CopyCat Malware Infects 14M Android Devices in Ad Fraud Attack"

Check Point researchers have shared their discovery of a newly emerged attack targeting Android devices called “CopyCat”. According to researchers, this attack has already infected around 14 million Android devices. Revenue is generated for attackers through CopyCat’s ability to perform ad fraud and associate with app installations it did not set up. Code can be injected into Android’s Zygote application launcher by the CopyCat malware in order to download applications and present fraudulent advertisements. This article further discusses how this malware performs, another similar malware, and other findings pertaining to the Android devices that have been infected.

eWeek reports "CopyCat Malware Infects 14M Android Devices in Ad Fraud Attack"