A sophisticated new malware, dubbed Dark Herring, was discovered by mobile device security experts at Zimperium zLabs. The code aims to trick users to subscribe for a faux service and pay $15 through Direct Carrier Billing. According to the report, 105 ...
. The code aims to trick users to subscribe for a faux service and pay $15 through Direct Carrier Billing. According to the report, 105 million users were tricked into signing up for that subscription.
How was Dark Herring able to stay hidden so long? Researchers note that it's a very sophisticated malware, using a few layers of anti-detection and code obfuscation, and even though it was spread across 470 apps, it worked slightly differently in each one. So, while the bad actors behind Dark Herring did walk away with a lot of cash, the way this was all set up also shows a ton of preliminary investing and infrastructure planning. In other words, this is a well-funded operation, probably working on the next piece of malware right now.
For example — if you download Offroad Jeep Simulator and the game tells you it needs your phone number for you to keep playing, that's a sure sign that you should delete it immediately.
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