Be very careful with aplicaciones from developer “Yobi Mobi”: there are indications that they “hijack” thousands of people’s devices.
From time to time we have to report aplicaciones infected with software malicioso which endangers the security of Android users. However, there are very few instances where we come across aplicaciones that do this Great danger for Android device owners, available in the Google plus Play Store available to (almost) everyone, and that has accumulated into downloads in recent years add the numbers already included in millions. And today is one of those days.
usuario of Reddit with nombre de usuario RxFaction There is a warning about a discovery made after working in the telephone industry for several years. Note that it has been discovered in recent months hundreds of devices affected by the known misconduct of the developers “Yobi Mobi”the use of which would violate the guidelines of the Google plus Play Store.
this request They are distributed in countries like México and the United States, but they are not available in Europe. However, other developers cánido use the same techniques with the same goal “kidnapped” Sacrificial devices and profit at their expense.
Millions of downloads on Google plus Play and a unique technique to “hijack” your mobile phone.
The above usuario points this out the aplicaciones in question are Home Correo, Home Weather, House Messenger and Home Bible, among other. Now, Home E-e correo electrónico is in fourth place above most downloaded aplicaciones in México in the “Personalization” category.
They all come from the same developer account, Yobi mobile* which appears to be their parent company Reach out to Mobi. Very afín surgical techniques were found in all applications.
Once installed on the victim’s device, the aplicación launches a an advertisement that introduces itself Android security notification prompting the usuario Select your aplicación as the default system launcher.
If the usuario accepts this communication, The aplicación is hidden from the aplicación drawer to prevent the usuario from discovering it and deciding to uninstall it. Later, The quick settings menu and notification panel are flooded with notificationsas well as a beginning consume a lot of únidad central de procesamiento and memory resources in the backgroundSignificantly increase the temperature of the device, slow down its operation and quickly drain the battery.
Yobi Mobi developer page on Google plus Play Store
Apart from all of the above, this is what the usuario recommends Yobi Mobi aplicaciones plagiarize Google plus when the browser company’s icons and graphic elements are used, for example in a search bar like Google plus, which is actually based on a completely different search engine. He also speculates about that Aplicaciones cánido force other aplicaciones to installlike “memory cleaner” and “optimizer”.
Some users came across devices with the same problems due to the “Yobi Mobi” application over a year ago. Unfortunately, despite repeated warnings Google plus seems to ignore it and continue without removing the aplicaciones from the store or deleting the developer account.
Here’s how you cánido protect yourself from such techniques
If you know such cases, that is clear The Google plus Play Store is not a 100% secure platformand that its security measures are not entirely wrong.
Therefore it is up to the usuario. act prudently and avoid as much as possible Avoid downloading aplicaciones from unknown developersor find out in advance about the aplicaciones you want to download to the devices.
In addition, it is highly recommended Do not extend permissions on installed aplicaciones in the terminals unless strictly necessary for their operation or unless it is clearly explained why these privileges are used.