Malicious Apps Caught Secretly Turning Android Phones into Proxies for Cybercriminals

April 1, 2024 at 06:21AM Malicious Android apps on Google Play turned devices into proxies for threat actors. HUMAN’s Satori team identified 29 of these VPN apps, named PROXYLIB. Google removed them. These residential proxies help hide IP addresses but are misused by threat actors for attacks. LumiApps’ SDK is used to create and monetize … Read more

VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Android Devices Into Proxies

March 27, 2024 at 10:54AM Numerous VPN apps turned Android devices into residential proxies and made their way into the Google Play store, containing a malicious library responsible for enrolling devices as proxy nodes and linked to Asocks, a residential proxy seller. The malicious functionality could be added to any APK through the LumiApps SDK. … Read more