Anatsa Android malware downloaded 150,000 times via Google Play (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
from IllNess@infosec.pub to cybersecurity@infosec.pub on 20 Feb 2024 01:58
https://infosec.pub/post/8625763

The five malicious apps are:

  1. Phone Cleaner - File Explorer (com.volabs.androidcleaner)
  2. PDF Viewer - File Explorer (com.xolab.fileexplorer)
  3. PDF Reader - Viewer & Editor (com.jumbodub.fileexplorerpdfviewer)
  4. Phone Cleaner: File Explorer (com.appiclouds.phonecleaner)
  5. PDF Reader: File Manager (com.tragisoap.fileandpdfmanager)

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AnomalousBit@programming.dev on 20 Feb 2024 02:30 collapse

Maybe we need support for basic shit like file browsing and PDF viewing packaged with the OS? They still manage to make the OS require over 7 gigabytes of disk space, but can’t manage to squeeze this in?

IllNess@infosec.pub on 20 Feb 2024 02:45 next collapse

Google won’t put those things in AOSP because they lose the opportunity to promote their own apps with trackers.

AnomalousBit@programming.dev on 20 Feb 2024 03:05 collapse

I’m sure there are other examples, but Android is definitely the first instance I encountered of big corps trying to use “open source” as a benefit only to poison pill their offering into a nearly useless corner. One of the many examples of Google torching their positive reputation over the years.

IllNess@infosec.pub on 20 Feb 2024 05:26 collapse

How Meta said Threads was going to support ActivityPub?

Or Oracle buying Java just to sue companies like Google for using it maybe?

I’m sure Oracle has a ton of examples that I cannot remember at the moment.

cron@feddit.de on 20 Feb 2024 08:32 collapse

I recently bought a Xiaomi Phone and was shocked how bad their filebrowser is. Full of ads and connections to other file apps like nextcloud are missing.

(I’ve installed lineageos now.)