Android users the game Blend Color Puzzle installed down possible to establish two unsolicited SMS subscriptions. G Data researchers have discovered that the app after installing sneaky subscriptions concludes with two Dutch companies
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In order to execute the transaction No user interaction is required. It is even possible that the user does not immediately see that subscriptions are closed. The two text messages with the confirmation will be sent in the background so the user does not notice right away.
The game Blend Color Puzzle stood since November 2015 in the Google Play Store and has been downloaded more than 50,000 times . Meanwhile, Google has removed the app from the store. The app is a game where the player must recognize the displayed hue and tap. The app looks visually to the popular game Blendoku.
The tactic to create a subscription without interference from the victim is a new method of attack. In earlier cases where a subscription was completed, there was a form of interaction with the victim: for example, it had clicked on a banner. In this case that has not happened. “Users who have fallen into this trap, would be wise to seek help as soon as possible to get rid of it,” advises Ralf Benz Müller, head of G DATA Security Labs
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