Xavier: An Information-Stealing Ad Library on Android
released on 2017-06-14 @ 04:59:19 PM
TrendMicro has recently discovered a Trojan Android ad library called Xavier (Detected by Trend Micro as ANDROIDOS_XAVIER.AXM) that steals and leaks a user’s information silently. Xavier’s impact has been widespread. Based on data from Trend Micro Mobile App Reputation Service, we detected more than 800 applications embedded the ad library’s SDK that have been downloaded millions of times from Google Play. These applications range from utility apps such as photo manipulators to wallpaper and ringtone changers.