A Check Point biztonsági cég fedezett fel több mint 200 olyan alkalmazást a Google Play áruházban, amelyek egy rosszindulatú kódot tartalmaztak. A kódot SimBadnek nevezték el, mivel többnyire szimulátorjátékokat fertőzött.
A szakemberek elemzése szerint a SimBad ténykedése három csoportba sorolható. Kéretlen hirdetéseket mutat, adathalászatot végez, és egyéb, akár káros appokat telepít az eszközre. Képes URL-eket is megjeleníteni a böngészőbe, és a felhasználó tudta nélkül az adott oldalra navigálni.
A Check Point jelentette felfedezését a Google-nek, és a keresőóriás már el is távolította alkalmazás-áruházából mind a 206 appot, azonban a Google Play statisztikái szerint már közel 150 millióan letöltötték ezeket, azaz rengeteg eszköz van veszélyben.
Check Point
A tavalyi évre utalva a Google azt mondta, hogy „jelentős előrehaladást” ért el a problémás alkalmazások felderítésében, és még a telepítés előtt el tudta távolítani a káros appok 99 százalékát. A SimBad megjelenése azonban azt mutatja, hogy ez a harc sosem ér véget, és még a Google-nek is sok tennivalója lesz annak érdekében, hogy a felhasználók valóban biztonságban érezzék magukat, ha androidos alkalmazást töltenek le a Play Store-ból. Már csak azért is nagyon fontosak ezek az erőfeszítsések, mert a Check Point kutatói arra is figyelmeztettek, hogy a SimBad most még „csak” adware, de a struktúrája megadja a lehetőséget arra, hogy valami sokkal veszélyesebb legyen belőle.
A fertőzött alkalmazások nevét – a letöltésszámukkal együtt – az alábbi listában találja.
| Alkalmazás neve | Telepítések száma |
| Snow Heavy Excavator Simulator | 10 000 000 |
| Hoverboard Racing | 5 000 000 |
| Real Tractor Farming Simulator | 5 000 000 |
| Ambulance Rescue Driving | 5 000 000 |
| Heavy Mountain Bus Simulator 2018 | 5 000 000 |
| Fire Truck Emergency Driver | 5 000 000 |
| Farming Tractor Real Harvest Simulator | 5 000 000 |
| Car Parking Challenge | 5 000 000 |
| Speed Boat Jet Ski Racing | 5 000 000 |
| Water Surfing Car Stunt | 5 000 000 |
| Offroad Wood Transport Truck Driver 2018 | 5 000 000 |
| Volumen booster & Equalizer | 5 000 000 |
| Prado Parking Adventure | 5 000 000 |
| Oil Tanker Transport Truck Driver | 5 000 000 |
| 1 000 000 | |
| Hummer taxi limo simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Excavator Wrecking Ball Demolition Simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Offroad Gold Transport Truck Driver 2018 | 1 000 000 |
| Sea Animals Truck Transport Simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Water Surfing Motorbike Stunt | 1 000 000 |
| Police Chase | 1 000 000 |
| Police Plane Transporter | 1 000 000 |
| Ambulance Driver Extreme Rescue | 1 000 000 |
| Hovercraft Racer | 1 000 000 |
| Cars Transport Truck Driver 2018 | 1 000 000 |
| Motorbike Pizza Delivery | 1 000 000 |
| Heavy Excavator – Stone Cutter Simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Bottle shoot archery | 1 000 000 |
| Offroad buggy car racing | 1 000 000 |
| Garbage Truck – City trash cleaning simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Tanks Attack | 1 000 000 |
| Dinosaur Park – Train Rescue | 1 000 000 |
| Pirate Ship Boat Racing 3D | 1 000 000 |
| Flying taxi simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Jetpack Water | 1 000 000 |
| Volumen Booster | 1 000 000 |
| Animal Farming Simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Monster Truck | 1 000 000 |
| Offroad jeep car racing | 1 000 000 |
| Flying Car Stunts On Extreme Tracks | 1 000 000 |
| Tractor Farming 2018 | 1 000 000 |
| Impossible Farming Transport Simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Volumen Booster | 1 000 000 |
| Mustang Rally Championship | 1 000 000 |
| Deleted Photo Recovery | 1 000 000 |
| Speed Boat Racing | 1 000 000 |
| Super Cycle Jungle Rider | 1 000 000 |
| My name on Live Wallpaper | 1 000 000 |
| Magical Unicorn Dash | 1 000 000 |
| Super Cycle Jungle Rider | 1 000 000 |
| Love Caller Screen | 1 000 000 |
| Racing Car Stunts On Impossible Tracks | 1 000 000 |
| Racing Car Stunts On Impossible Tracks 2 | 1 000 000 |
| Urban Limo Taxi Simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Tractor Farming Simulator | 1 000 000 |
| Camper Van Driving | 1 000 000 |
| Bottle Shoot Sniper 3D | 1 000 000 |
| Full Screen Incoming Call | 1 000 000 |
| Beard mustache hairstyle changer Editor | 1 000 000 |
| Volumen Booster | 1 000 000 |
| girlfriend photo editor | 1 000 000 |
| Mobile Number Tracker & Locator | 1 000 000 |
| Garden Photo Editor | 1 000 000 |
| Fortune Wheel | 1 000 000 |
| Farming Transport Simulator 2018 | 1 000 000 |
| OffRoad Tractor Transport | 1 000 000 |
| my name on live wallpaper | 1 000 000 |
| Flying Ambulance Emergency Rescue | 500 000 |
| Mustang Driving Car Race | 500 000 |
| Waterpark Car Racing | 500 000 |
| Impossible Tracks – Extreme Trucks | 500 000 |
| Flying Motorbike Stunts | 500 000 |
| Fire Truck Emergency Rescue – Driving Simulator | 500 000 |
| Heavy Snow Excavator Snowplow Simulator | 500 000 |
| Water Skiing | 500 000 |
| Women Make Up and Hairstyle Photo Maker | 500 000 |
| Mountain Bus Simulator | 500 000 |
| Van Pizza | 500 000 |
| Truck Transport and Parking Simulator | 500 000 |
| Hoverboard Racing Spider Attack | 500 000 |
| Motorsport Race Championship | 500 000 |
| Demolition Derby | 500 000 |
| Love Caller with love ringtones | 500 000 |
| House Transport Truck – Moving Van Simulator | 500 000 |
| Heavy Excavator Stone Driller Simulator | 500 000 |
| Super Cycle Downhill Rider | 500 000 |
| Extreme Rally Championship | 500 000 |
| Missile Attack Army Truck | 500 000 |
| Caller Location & Mobile Location Tracker | 500 000 |
| Mobile number locator | 500 000 |
| My name on Live Wallpaper | 500 000 |
| City Metro Bus Pk Driver Simulator 2017 | 500 000 |
| Full Screen Incoming Call | 500 000 |
| Man Casual Shirt Photo Suit | 500 000 |
| American muscle car race | 500 000 |
| Offroad Nuclear Waste Transport – Truck Driver | 500 000 |
| Mad Cars Fury Racing | 100 000 |
| High Wheeler Speed Race | 100 000 |
| Number Coloring | 100 000 |
| Camper Van Race Driving Simulator 2018 | 100 000 |
| Unicorn Float – Speed Race | 100 000 |
| Dual Screen Browser | 100 000 |
| Harvest Timber Simulator | 100 000 |
| Hot Micro Racers | 100 000 |
| Lara Unicorn Dash | 100 000 |
| Wingsuit Simulator | 100 000 |
| Food Truck Driving Simulator | 100 000 |
| Dog Race Simulator | 100 000 |
| SUV car – parking simulator | 100 000 |
| Phone Finder | 100 000 |
| Phone number locator | 100 000 |
| Gallery Lock | 100 000 |
| Secret screen recorder | 100 000 |
| Face Beauty Makeup | 100 000 |
| Christmas letters to santa and three wise man | 100 000 |
| Deleted Files recovery | 100 000 |
| Dual Screen Browser | 100 000 |
| Broken Screen – Cracked Screen | 100 000 |
| Garden Photo Editor | 100 000 |
| Modi Photo Frame 2 | 100 000 |
| Love Caller Screen | 100 000 |
| Anti Theft & Full Battery Alarm | 100 000 |
| Love Caller Screen 2 | 100 000 |
| Voice reading for SMS. Whatsapp & text sms | 100 000 |
| Name on Pic-Name art | 100 000 |
| Speed Boat Racing | 100 000 |
| Train Driving Simulator | 100 000 |
| Super Cycle Rider | 100 000 |
| Racing Horse Championship 3D | 100 000 |
| Move App To SD Card 2016 | 100 000 |
| Pop Toy Creator | 100 000 |
| Photo Live Wallpaper | 50 000 |
| Magical Unicorn Dash | 50 000 |
| Truck Wheel of Death | 50 000 |
| Live Translator | 50 000 |
| Volume Control Widget | 50 000 |
| World cup 2018 football shirt maker | 50 000 |
| Girlfriend Photo Editor 2 | 50 000 |
| My Photo on Music Player | 50 000 |
| taxi | 50 000 |
| Garden Photo Editor | 50 000 |
| Fortune Wheel Deluxe | 50 000 |
| Extreme Motorcycle Racer | 50 000 |
| Offroad Snow Bike – Christmas Racing | 50 000 |
| Bottle Shoot | 50 000 |
| Photo Background Changer 2017 | 50 000 |
| Offroad Christmas Tree Transport | 50 000 |
| Tank Transport Army Truck | 50 000 |
| Flag face paint: World Cup 2018 | 10 000 |
| World Cup 2018 Teams Flags Live Wallpaper | 10 000 |
| Selfie Camera | 10 000 |
| Missile Attack Army Truck | 10 000 |
| Max Player | 10 000 |
| Flash Alert – Flash on Call | 10 000 |
| Photo Video Maker with Music | 10 000 |
| Brain Games & IQ Test | 10 000 |
| Audio Video Mixer | 10 000 |
| Pop Toy Creator 2 | 10 000 |
| Flash on Call and SMS | 10 000 |
| Heart Photo Frames | 10 000 |
| Shayari 2017 | 10 000 |
| Photo on Birthday Cake | 10 000 |
| Nature Photo Frames | 10 000 |
| Calendar 2018 Photo Frame | 10 000 |
| Christmas Truck Transport Simulator | 10 000 |
| Modern Santa – Christmas van drive | 10 000 |
| Change your voice | 10 000 |
| Moster vs Water | 10 000 |
| EDIT Flowers Photo Frames | 10 000 |
| Photo Video Maker with Music | 10 000 |
| Toilet Paper Race | 10 000 |
| Dog Crazy Race Simulator | 10 000 |
| Luxury Photo Frame | 10 000 |
| Bike Wheel of Death | 10 000 |
| World Famous Photo Frames | 10 000 |
| Heavy Snow Excavator Christmas Rescue | 10 000 |
| Deleted Files Recovery | 10 000 |
| Football Results & Stats Analyzer | 5000 |
| 3D Photo Frame Cube Live Wallpaper | 5000 |
| Green Hill PhotoFrame | 5000 |
| Christmas Magic Board | 5000 |
| Animal Parts Photo Editor | 5000 |
| DSLR Camera Blur | 5000 |
| Car Photo Frame | 5000 |
| Hands Slap Game | 5000 |
| 4D Maa Durga Live Wallpaper | 5000 |
| Men Sweatshirt Photo Editor | 1000 |
| Connect Letters. Words Game | 1000 |
| Recover Deleted Pictures | 1000 |
| Custom Radio Alarm Clock | 1000 |
| Anti-spam Calls | 1000 |
| Compatibility Test | 1000 |
| Dual Screen Browser | 1000 |
| Magic Glow Live Wallpaper | 1000 |
| Porgy Virtual Pet | 1000 |
| Tap the Ball | 1000 |
| Clock Live Wallpaper | 1000 |
| Royale Stats | 1000 |
| Fire text photo frame | 1000 |
| Christmas greetings card | 1000 |
| Best App Lock | 1000 |
| DJ Photo Frames | 1000 |
| Auto Call redial | 500 |
| Guess the picture | 500 |
| ProfesionalRecorder | 500 |
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