More than half a million Google Android users have downloaded malware-ridden apps from the Google Play store. Of the 13 apps, which posed as driving simulation games, two were trending on the store, giving them greater visibility.
In response to this news, please find a comment below from OneSpan.
Will LaSala, Director of Security Solutions, Security Evangelist at OneSpan:
If your application becomes the target of one of these repackaging attacks, it will affect your brand’s reputation and may cause users to turn to competitors. Besides root and jailbreak detection, applications on iOS and Android should protect themselves with application shielding technology that detects and actively prevents repackaging. This is an advanced attack and not every solution out there can address them without major re-architecting. As an app developer and publisher, it’s important to look for app shielding technology that makes it easy to incorporate advanced mobile app security into an app without much development effort.