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install other payloads or potentially malicious software without consent.

click ads and in this way sign you up for paid subscriptions.

open web pages containing ads repeatedly.

show ads when the Android device is unlocked.

Then, a Trojan is loaded that has much in common with the notorious Triada malware, in that it can perform a range of actions – from displaying and clicking ads to signing up for paid subscriptions and downloading other malware.įrom this point on, depending on the operators’ instructions and the scheme used for monetization, it will do one of the following actions:

It then collects information about the user device and sends it to the C&C server. The identified malicious code embedded in APKPure operates in the following way: upon launch of the application, the payload is decrypted and launched. The malware looks like a variant of the Triada trojan first spotted by Kaspersky in 2016 and is capable of spamming users of infected devices with ads in order to better deliver additional malware.

The malware was caught by analysts at Kaspersky, that noticed its existence within an advertisement SDK included with APKPure in version 3.7.18.

And these files are transmitted using military-grade encryption for complete safety.APKPure was created in 2014 with the purpose of allowing Android users access to a vast bank of Android apps and games, that no longer exist on Android’s official app store Google Play, and later launched an Android app that was serving as its own app store and allowing users to download older apps directly to their Android devices. Malwarebytes Secure Backup automatically backs up your important documents, music, photos, and videos to our state-of-the-art online data center. Having a backup that you can be confident is completely free of malware is a better idea. It also offers the ability to back up apps, pictures, videos, and music files from the Android device to the cloud. When used in conjunction with the Windows-based service, the Android app allows access to the data that was backed up from the PC to the cloud. We offer a free 14-day trial of Malwarebytes Secure Backup that can be downloaded from the Malwarebytes website ( ). This app is not a standalone backup product. It is intended for Malwarebytes Secure Backup subscribers only. This app is used only to manage Malwarebytes Secure Backup, a Windows-based service which must be downloaded separately.