Huawei’s AppGallery was targeted in a large-scale malware attack.
A new trojan called Android.Cynos.7.origin was used as by the attackers to commit the attack.
Around 9.3M+ android users using these malicious games had their data breached in the attack.
Source: https://threatpost.com/9m-androids-malware-games-huawei-appgallery/176581/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/huawei-app-gallery
"id": "app225726322",
"linkid": "huawei-app-gallery",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '9.3M+',
'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Huawei',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malicious Apps',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '9.3M+'},
'description': 'Huawei’s AppGallery was targeted in a large-scale malware '
'attack. A new trojan called Android.Cynos.7.origin was used '
'by the attackers to commit the attack. Around 9.3M+ android '
'users using these malicious games had their data breached in '
'the attack.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': '9.3M+ android users'},
'motivation': 'Data Breach',
'title': 'Huawei AppGallery Malware Attack',
'type': 'Malware'}