Android suffers! CopyCat virus infects 14 million devices affected

A new variant of the malware "CopyCat" has led to more than 1.4 million Android devices worldwide being infected, and the victims are mostly from Asia, a network security firm Check Point researchers point out.

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Researcher Check Point said the "CopyCat" virus can be ROOT mobile and hijacked applications. It is expected that nearly 4.9 million false applications have been installed on infected devices, showing up to 100 million ads, helping hackers earn more than $ 1.5 million in just two months.
Check Point also said that most of the victims are from Asia, but the United States has more than 280,000 Android devices have been affected In addition, such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Myanmar are also affected, and Canada has more than 381,000 units have been threatened.
It is reported that Google has been in the past two years to track CopyCat, and has its Play Protect has been updated to intercept this malware, but there are still millions of victims due to download third-party applications and phishing attacks And suffered damage. Check Point said there is no evidence that CopyCat is in the Google Google Play Store store.