{"id":72425,"date":"2011-10-07T13:17:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?p=72425"},"modified":"2011-10-07T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:17:26","slug":"malicious-qr-code-used-for-spreading-android-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/malicious-qr-code-used-for-spreading-android-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Malicious QR code used for spreading Android malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Android malware writers have found a new and convenient way of delivering malware to users. This method makes use of malicious QR codes.<\/p>\n

QR (Quick Response) codes are a type of matrix barcode which contains encoded forms of data. They can also be used to store URL information.<\/p>\n

Most people look for new software for their devices with the help of desktop PCs.
\nSo instead of typing a complete URL into the smartphone browser, various websites have QR codes which can be easily scanned with the help of the smartphone camera.<\/p>\n

The new trojan has been found on some malicious sites through malicious QR code.
\nWhen users scan the QR code with their mobile phones, the code redirects them to a site that will install a trojan on their phones. Once installed, the trojan will send a number of SMS messages to premium-rate numbers.<\/p>\n

Icon of the application:
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During installation it asks the user for the following permissions:
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The malware then sends SMS messages to various premium-rate numbers.
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Quick Heal Mobile Security<\/a> detects the file as TrojanSMS.AndroidOS.Jifake.f<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We request users to avoid scanning QR codes from untrusted websites to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Android malware writers have found a new and convenient way of delivering malware to users. This method makes use of malicious QR codes. QR (Quick Response) codes are a type of matrix barcode which contains encoded forms of data. They can also be used to store URL information. Most people look for new software for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,24,60],"tags":[56,57,49,59,101,61,76,40],"class_list":["post-72425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android","category-malware","category-smartphone","tag-android-security","tag-droid-defense","tag-malware","tag-mobile-devices","tag-qr-code","tag-smartphone-security","tag-sms","tag-trojan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}