{"id":31840,"date":"2019-11-15T20:54:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T20:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f9ebca69-2166-438a-b9c7-3266a8038f23"},"modified":"2019-11-15T20:54:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T20:54:47","slug":"android-malware-disguises-as-ad-blocker-but-then-pesters-users-with-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/android-malware-disguises-as-ad-blocker-but-then-pesters-users-with-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Android malware disguises as ad blocker, but then pesters users with ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security researchers have discovered a new Android malware strain that&#8217;s currently being distributed as an ad blocker for Android users, but, ironically, once installed, it pesters victims with ads through multiple methods at every couple of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Named FakeAdsBlock, this new strain has already infected at least 500 users, according to Malwarebytes, the antivirus maker who spotted the malware.<\/p>\n<p>Its distribution vector is via third-party app stores, where it&#8217;s available for download as an ad-blocking app named Ads Blocker, said Nathan Collier, Senior Malware Intelligence Analyst.<\/p>\n<p>This, however, might change in the future. Collier said they already found evidence that the same FakeAdsBlock malware was also available hidden in apps named &#8220;Hulk (2003).apk,&#8221; &#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy.apk,&#8221; and &#8220;Joker (2019).apk.&#8221; The researcher says this suggests that the malware&#8217;s creators were in the midst of shifting their distribution pattern to a bogus movie streaming portal.<\/p>\n<p>Users looking to watch pirated movies would eventually end up installing a malicious app infected with FakeAdsBlock. This distribution vector isn&#8217;t new and has been often seen being used before &#8212; especially with apps that pertain to grant access to adult movies.<\/p>\n<h3>FakeAdsBlock modus operandi<\/h3>\n<p>As for the malware itself, FakeAdsBlock is something else, especially in the brash way it bombards users with ads.<\/p>\n<p>All of this starts with its installation process, where the Ads Blocker app (in which the malware is hidden) asks for permission to display content over other apps.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_zd_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p>This is an odd permission to request, especially for an app with a stated goal of removing content, and not showing something on top.<\/p>\n<p>But the shady things continue. The app also requests access to install a VPN connection, which, again, is very odd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To clarify, the app doesn&#8217;t actually connect to any VPN,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/android\/2019\/11\/stealthy-new-android-malware-poses-as-ad-blocker-serves-up-ads-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component=\"externalLink\">Collier said<\/a>. &#8220;Instead, by clicking OK, users actually allow the malware run in the background at all times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/11\/15\/77c67c38-e38f-4567-88b3-ecdd8ee236c6\/ef0d750c9f7da2fbd50c363c66a76544\/fakeadsblock-install.png\" class alt=\"fakeadsblock-install.png\"><\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Image: Malwarebytes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yet, the shady things don&#8217;t stop here. The FakeAdsBlock malware also requests access to show a widget on the device&#8217;s home screen. This makes no technical sense, as an ad blocker does not need to show widgets &#8212; but more on this later.<\/p>\n<p>Once all this finishes, the app shows a screen with some text scrolling down and then disappears for good. The malware then removes its icon, and the ad bombardments begin. These appear everywhere, in different forms.<\/p>\n<p>There are fullscreen ads, notifications spam, and websites that open out of the blue, prompting the user to enable new notifications here too.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/android-malware-disguises-as-ad-blocker-but-then-pesters-users-with-ads\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"fakeadsblock-ads.png\" data-original=\" https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/11\/15\/ec90144a-0468-4b4a-a18f-339ba3336a64\/cd1ade0a4687e9dbdbbba11bc76c1a2f\/fakeadsblock-ads.png\"><\/span><noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/2019\/11\/15\/ec90144a-0468-4b4a-a18f-339ba3336a64\/cd1ade0a4687e9dbdbbba11bc76c1a2f\/fakeadsblock-ads.png\" class alt=\"fakeadsblock-ads.png\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript> <span class=\"credit\">Image: Malwarebytes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But the novel and the most perfidious trick is the use of a home screen widget to show ads, something not seen before.<\/p>\n<p>According to Collier, the FakeAdsBlock malware uses a transparent widget inside which it loads ads at regular intervals. Because the ads are shown inside a widget, they can&#8217;t be dismissed unless the user removes the widget. But since the user can&#8217;t see the widget on their screen, they never know the widget is there, in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/android-malware-disguises-as-ad-blocker-but-then-pesters-users-with-ads\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"fakeadsblock-widget.png\" height=\"auto\" width=\"370\" data-original=\" https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2019\/11\/15\/557749d6-fe96-4df2-a45b-49c0e12301de\/resize\/370xauto\/83518b0f14b63db4cc06b3512f931345\/fakeadsblock-widget.png\"><\/span><noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2019\/11\/15\/557749d6-fe96-4df2-a45b-49c0e12301de\/resize\/370xauto\/83518b0f14b63db4cc06b3512f931345\/fakeadsblock-widget.png\" class alt=\"fakeadsblock-widget.png\" height=\"auto\" width=\"370\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript> <span class=\"credit\">Image: Malwarebytes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ads Blocker is inordinately hard to find on the mobile device once installed,&#8221; Collier said. &#8220;To start, there is no icon for Ads Blocker. However, there are some hints of its existence, for example, a small key icon status bar.&#8221; [see image above]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This key icon was created after accepting the fake VPN connection message, as shown above. As a result, this small key is proof that the malware is running the background,&#8221; the Malwarebytes researcher added.<\/p>\n<p>But once users get an idea that something might be wrong, they can head over to the Android OS&#8217; apps section, from where they can remove it like any other app. Here, the app should be easy to spot, as it&#8217;s the only one without an icon or a name. The FakeAdsBlocker authors thought they were smart by hiding these two details, but they actually made it stand out further.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/android-malware-disguises-as-ad-blocker-but-then-pesters-users-with-ads\/\" class=\"lazy\" alt=\"fakeadsblock-uninstall.png\" height=\"auto\" width=\"370\" data-original=\" https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2019\/11\/15\/9f43669d-b0dd-4dac-9b67-3bdf1648680c\/resize\/370xauto\/4e16d84588d0725078af75e95d44d234\/fakeadsblock-uninstall.png\"><\/span><noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img aspect-set\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2019\/11\/15\/9f43669d-b0dd-4dac-9b67-3bdf1648680c\/resize\/370xauto\/4e16d84588d0725078af75e95d44d234\/fakeadsblock-uninstall.png\" class alt=\"fakeadsblock-uninstall.png\" height=\"auto\" width=\"370\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript> <span class=\"credit\">Image: Malwarebytes<\/span> 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