Japanese Payment System Attacked By Fake Security App

A new malware has been observed by the Research team at McAfee Corp. This malware is found to be attacking NTT DOCOMO customers in Japan. 

The malware that is distributed via the Google Play Store pretends to be a legitimate mobile security app, but in reality, it is a fraud malware designed to steal passwords and abuse reverse proxy focusing on NTT DOCOMO mobile service customers. 

The McAfee Cell Analysis team informed Google regarding the notoriety of the malware. In response, Google has made the application unavailable in Google Play Store and removed known Google Drive files that are associated with the malware. In addition to this, Google Play Shield has now alerted the customers by disabling the apps and displaying a warning. 

The malware publishes malicious fake apps on Google Play Store with various developer accounts that appear like some legitimate apps. According to a tweet by Yusuke Osumi, a Security Researcher at Yahoo, the attacker lures the victims into installing the malware in their systems by sending them an SMS message with a Google Play Store link, reportedly sent from overseas. Additionally, they entice the users by displaying a requirement to update their security software. 

This way, the victim ignorantly installs the fraudulent app from Google Play Store and ends up installing the malware. The malware asks the user for a community password but cleverly enough, it claims the password is incorrect, so the user has to enter a more precise password. It does not matter if the password is incorrect or not, as this community p

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