Detects Malicious Code Showing Porn Ads in Children's Games on Google Play

Check Point security company has discovered malicious code called AdultSwine that appears in children's games on Google Play.

Detects Malicious Code Showing Porn Ads in Children's Games on Google Play Overview

In these maliciously installed applications, AdultSwine displays pornographic and deceptive advertising images. More dangerous, this malicious code also tries to trick users into installing fake security applications that contain real malware and tries to trick them into signing up for high-cost services to trick money.

To minimize the risk of being removed, this malicious code can even hide its own icon on the user's device. Some of these malicious applications also mislead users by displaying false messages that your phone is infected with a virus and provide a malicious link that pretends to be an antivirus or notification engine. Suppose users win to trick them into providing phone numbers.

According to Reuters, this ad tends to appear in children's apps, such as Drawing Lessons Lego Ninjago. While playing, ads will appear on the screen and to return to the game faster than children even adults often tend to select the advertising window.

These 63 applications were removed from Google Play by Google and the developer account was also locked, but previously had 3 to 7 million users download these applications.

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