Over 5 thousand apps for Android, iOS and Windows downloading advertisements hidden, not visible to the user in the most “eat” up to 2 Gb of data per day.
The report says a Forensiq, that are “infected” about 12 million smartphones in the world and the damage to the companies, who pay for views as if they were true, will be one billion dollars in 2015. On the basis of the sample 15% of the apps may have suspicious content. The researchers used an algorithm that keeps track of the behavior of the app chasing aspects “non-human” as the excessive number of views per minute or connecting to different platforms in a time frame too short.
Initial checks were found more than 5 thousand apps “suspicious”, downloaded more than 12 million smartphones in the United States, Europe and Asia. “These fraudulent app – the report said – generate traffic through the main platforms for the exchange of banner ads, with more than 1,100 connections per minute. The programs hidden within them simulate the random clicks, and connect the phone to the advertisers page without the user knowing about it. In total, 14.64% of the apps we tested was at high risk for this type of fraud. ”
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