"Massive Cybercrime Scheme Pre-Installs Malware on Millions of Android Devices Worldwide"
Cybercrime syndicate Lemon Group has pre-infected over 8.9 million Android smartphones worldwide, turning them into mobile proxies for stealing and selling SMS messages, social media and online messaging accounts, and monetization via advertisements and click fraud. The majority of the infections were discovered in the US, Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia, South Africa, India, Angola, the Philippines, and Argentina. The malware strain called Guerilla has infected over 50 brands of mobile devices and is continuously evolving, with the threat actors branching out to other Android-based IoT devices.