Two Google Play Apps, Songs and Prized, Install Cryptocurrency Mining Code on Over 1 Million Android Phones
Two programs on Android app marketplace Google Play, Songs and Prized, were found to be infected with the malicious cryptocurrency mining code ANDROIDOS_KAGECOIN.HBTB, based on the well-known software cpuminer. This code connects unwitting victim’s phones to a pool of high-end machine processors and runs in the background to mine Litecoin and Dogecoin and create new e-coins. These two apps were...
