Big Blow to Android lovers-Judy malware
In India more than 90% of the smartphones run on the open Android operating system.India is big market for Google in terms of downloads from Google play store.Smartphones lover downloads a number of application from the Google play store.India have surpassed the US in 2016,with over 6 billion apps download from the play store in this scenario the"Judy malware" a malware that hit over 36.5 million users in the world was a big blow to all the android lovers in India as well as in the world.
What is Judy?
Judy is a malware that is embedded in some of the apps available in Google play store almost all malicious app were developed by South Korean company called Kiniwini, but they registered themselves on the Google play store as ENISTUDIO corp, But it is still unclear if the company added the malicious code itself, or its
servers were compromised and the code were added by a third-party.This malware generated fake click on an ad and each click on the ad generated profit.
The lists of 41 apps that were Infected with Judy malware are:
| Package name | App name | Date | Min | Max |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy061 | Fashion Judy: Snow Queen style | 24.3.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy013 | Animal Judy: Persian cat care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy056 | Fashion Judy: Pretty rapper | 24.3.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy057 | Fashion Judy: Teacher style | 24.3.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy009 | Animal Judy: Dragon care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy058 | Chef Judy: Halloween Cookies | 10.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy074 | Fashion Judy: Wedding Party | 7.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy036 | Animal Judy: Teddy Bear care | 16.4.17 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy062 | Fashion Judy: Bunny Girl Style | 24.3.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy009 | Fashion Judy: Frozen Princess | 7.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy055 | Chef Judy: Triangular Kimbap | 10.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy062 | Chef Judy: Udong Maker – Cook | 10.4.17 | 10,000 | 50,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy067 | Fashion Judy: Uniform style | 24.3.17 | 10,000 | 50,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy006 | Animal Judy: Rabbit care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy052 | Fashion Judy: Vampire style | 24.3.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy033 | Animal Judy: Nine-Tailed Fox | 18.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy059 | Chef Judy: Jelly Maker – Cook | 10.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy056 | Chef Judy: Chicken Maker | 10.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy018 | Animal Judy: Sea otter care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy035 | Animal Judy: Elephant care | 16.4.17 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| air.com.eni.JudyHappyHouse | Judy’s Happy House | 10.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy036 | Chef Judy: Hotdog Maker – Cook | 29.3.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy063 | Chef Judy: Birthday Food Maker | 10.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy051 | Fashion Judy: Wedding day | 20.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy058 | Fashion Judy: Waitress style | 24.3.17 | 10,000 | 50,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy057 | Chef Judy: Character Lunch | 10.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy030 | Chef Judy: Picnic Lunch Maker | 10.4.17 | 500000 | 1000000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy005 | Animal Judy: Rudolph care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.JudyHospitalBaby | Judy’s Hospital:pediatrics | 10.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy068 | Fashion Judy: Country style | 24.3.17 | 10,000 | 50,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy034 | Animal Judy: Feral Cat care | 16.4.17 | 10,000 | 50,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy076 | Fashion Judy: Twice Style | 20.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy072 | Fashion Judy: Myth Style | 20.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy022 | Animal Judy: Fennec Fox care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy002 | Animal Judy: Dog care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy049 | Fashion Judy: Couple Style | 24.3.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.AnimalJudy001 | Animal Judy: Cat care | 14.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy053 | Fashion Judy: Halloween style | 7.4.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.FashionJudy075 | Fashion Judy: EXO Style | 7.4.17 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy038 | Chef Judy: Dalgona Maker | 28.3.17 | 100,000 | 500,000 |
| air.com.eni.ChefJudy064 | Chef Judy: ServiceStation Food | 10.4.17 | 10000 | 50000 |
| air.eni.JudySpaSalon | Judy’s Spa Salon | 10.4.17 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
The purpose of this Judy was to launch the browsers apps, load an URL, and use JavaScript to locate and click on specific banner that would bring profits to the malware’s creator.Furthermore, besides the hidden ad-clicking activities, the operators of the Judy malware used it to insert ads in other app by overlaying, almost to the point that users had no possibility of viewing or interacting with the original app’s contents.
How to remain safe from malware?
- Most important is that one should always download a app from trusted source.
- Use Best security app.
- Before downloading any app one must carefully read recent reviews on the app.
- Always keep the Android software updated.
- Use only the encrypted apps.
- Check App permissions after they are downloaded.
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