Dangerous 'Accessibility malware' puts 500 million Android devices at risk

The 'Accessibility malware "accounts for about 65 percent of all devices running on old Android operating systems.

All versions of Android Lollipop are then more likely to be affected by the Accessibility clickjacking. 

All versions of Android Lollipop are then more likely to be affected by the Accessibility clickjacking. (Representational Image)

A recent report from a mobile security company global threat has shown that the onset of an advanced mobile malicious program has impacted more than half a billion Android devices worldwide.

US-based Skycure made new revelations about an evolutionary mobile malicious program, called "Accessibility clickjacking" in the event that most cyber security of the 25th edition of the world-RSA conference ended on March 4.

The company said this modern mobile malware has the ability to evade detection scanner, which is based on static, dynamic and analysis approaches signatures.

Highlighting the salient features of malware "Accessibility clickjacking" the research said that can "circumvent many security applications", which compromises all important data stored on the device of the victim.

The research firm revealed that fresh malware can monitor the activity of the victim in real time, allowing attackers to read emails, possibly writing emails and company documents through the device of the victim, as elevate their permissions to encrypt or remotely wipe the device.

According to Skycure, clickjacking is a technique of repairing interface attacker who tricks a victim to click on an item that is totally different from the one he or she believes that when you click.

"While a variety of capacities have been implemented in browsers and web servers in order to mitigate the risk of clickjacking, the mobile remains vulnerable and is that Android is susceptible to a similar type of a threat," the company said in recently published a blog.

Android smartphone users should be careful when playing games or run any application because hackers can create simple "benign" games that can trigger automatically "Accessibility clickjacking" in the background without the knowledge of the victim.

Skycure said, "clickjacking accessibility may allow malicious access to all sensitive information based on text on an Android device infected as well as perform automated actions by other applications or the operating system without the consent of the victim applications. "

As mentioned above, malicious applications including e-mails, text messages, data and messaging applications important applications such as CRM software, software marketing automation and more business.

In such a scenario, users should be wary Android applications and games that download in the first place.

Once accessibility has been enabled on the device, the attackers have the power to change passwords management without the knowledge of the victim.

Here is another video demonstration Skycure, showing how they change the attackers, remove and destroy all passwords without a trace:

No reason to worry about users of smartphones with the latest Lollipop platforms and marshmallow, however, malware accounts for about 65 percent of all devices that run on older operating systems Android.

Skycure findings indicated that nothing between Android 2.2 Froyo Android 4.4 Kitkat is more likely to be affected is clickjacking.