A malware called ‘Judy’ has might been broke out and is might infecting millions of smartphones globally. According to security solution firm, the “Judy” malware uses infected devices to generate large amount of fraud clicks on advertisements, generating revenues for prepetrators behind it.
The auto-clicking adware was found on 41 apps developed by Korean Company. Though, it was not clear which countries have been infected of this “judy” virus.
Many of the apps that are found to be infected by ‘Judy’ malware were found to reside on Google Play store for several years and were recently updated. It is unclear how long the malicious code exists inside the apps and hence the actual spread reason remain unknown. After the malware was identified, the apps were removed from Play Store.
Earlier, the ransomware called WannaCry wrecked hitting systems including Russia and UK.
The virus had infected computer running older version of Operating System like XP, locking access to files on computer. According to the Government report, Asian country was worst hit nations by WannaCry.
