Researchers at Zscaler reported the app, which had a package name of com.polaris.BatteryIndicatorPro. The app requested excessive permissions from the user in an attempt to get full control of an Android device.
The criminals behind this scam were ultimately trying to harvest enough devices to profit from click fraud, ad fraud and premium SMS fraud, as well as download and install other malicious Android packages, called APKs.
- See more at: https://threatpost.com/fraudulent-batterybot-pro-app-yanked-from-google-play/113630
The criminals behind this scam were ultimately trying to harvest enough devices to profit from click fraud, ad fraud and premium SMS fraud, as well as download and install other malicious Android packages, called APKs.
- See more at: https://threatpost.com/fraudulent-batterybot-pro-app-yanked-from-google-play/113630
