According to the recent reports, McAfee Labs exposed more than 5,000 versions of 21 customer mobile apps that include colluding code capable of data exfiltration, file inspection, fake SMS messages, and other malicious activity
McAfee Labs Report Reveals New Mobile App Threats
Intel security had recently released their McAfee Labs threat report ofJune 2016, and the report demonstrates that the dynamics of mobile app conspiracy, had explained that how cyber criminals command the apps to combat smartphone users.
McAfee said in a post that The report explains the dynamics of mobile app collusion, where cyber criminals manipulate two or more apps to orchestrate attacks capable of exfiltrating user data, inspecting files, sending fake SMS messages, loading additional apps without user consent, and sending user location information to control servers.
McAfee also mentioned similar behavior over more than5,000 versions of 21 appsthat are designed to present valuable user services like video streaming, health monitoring, travel planning etc.
The report also revealed that if the user doesnt mind to update the applications on time then they arelikewise vulnerable to malicious attackand this may guide to mobile app collusion.
McAfee Labs has also identified three types of threats
Vincent Weafer, vice president of Intel Securitys McAfee Labs group said Improved detection drives greater efforts at deception, It should not come as a surprise that adversaries have responded to mobile security efforts with new threats that attempt to hide in plain sight.
Our goal is to make it increasingly harder for malicious apps to gain a foothold on our personal devices, developing smarter tools and techniques to detect colluding mobile apps.
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