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Android users have been warned about a new security threat to their devices (file photo)(Image: SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Cyber criminals are once again targeting Android <\/a>devices in a bid to trick unsuspecting victims into handing over their personal and financial information.<\/p>\n Users are being urged to remove apps<\/a> that have been compromised by the fresh scam<\/a> immediately, which involves hackers carrying out a sophisticated form of advertising fraud. By flooding apps with malicious adverts, hackers can slow down the devices they’ve compromised whilst padding their own pockets.<\/p>\n The fresh attack was identified by the Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team and has been dubbed ‘SlopAds’. Researchers have found that 224 Android apps were affected by this assault, which have been downloaded more than 38 million times via the Google<\/a> Play Store app.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Amazon attack warning ahead of Black Friday as 300 million customers at risk<\/a>READ MORE: Cybersecurity specialist says make Microsoft Windows change – or ‘be exposed’<\/a> Security specialists from the team revealed: “HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team has uncovered and disrupted a sophisticated ad fraud and click fraud operation dubbed SlopAds. The threat actors behind SlopAds operate a collection of 224 apps and growing, collectively downloaded from Google Play more than 38 million times across 228 countries and territories.<\/p>\n “These apps deliver their fraud payload using steganography and create hidden WebViews to navigate to threat actor-owned cashout sites, generating fraudulent ad impressions and clicks. The threat actors’ infrastructure and many of the apps share an AI theme, contributing to the name of the operation.”<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_Hacker-attacking-internet.jpg\")
Hackers have been flooding apps with malicious adverts (file photo)(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n