Fake Apps Take Advantage of Super Mario Run Release
released on 2016-12-21 @ 08:16:34 PM
Earlier this year, we talked about how cybercriminals took advantage of the popularity of Pokemon Go to launch their own malicious apps. As 2016 comes to a close, we observe the same thing happening to another of Nintendo’s game properties: Super Mario.
In advance of any official release, cybercriminals have already released their own Mario-related apps. Since 2012, we have found more than 9,000 apps using the Mario name on various sources online. About two-thirds of these apps show some kind of malicious behavior, including displaying ads and downloading apps without the user’s consent.