SECURITY FIRM CheckPoint has let off a warning about Android malware called HummingWhale that it says was hidden inside 20 apps and could have been downloaded millions of times.
HummingWhale is a variant of HummingGad, which was as bad as its name suggests. HummingWhale is a much more sophisticated thing that the earlier one, and uses its control and command centre to basically kill your phone through shitty fake apps and ads.
CheckPoint gave us the warning about Hummingbird last year. That version presented itself within very legitimate applications on the Google Play store, and the security company estimated that perhaps as many as 10 million people have been affected. It also identified the culprits as a Chinese hacking outfit called Yingmob.
« HummingBad stands out as an extremely sophisticated and well-developed malware, which employed a chain-attack tactic and a rootkit to gain full control over the infected device » explains the firm.
