Putin's internet advisor Herman Klimenko recently told a domestic broadcaster that nearly a quarter of the country's computers are infected with crypto mining malware.
The Tick hacking group known infecting Japanese and South Korean targets with its malicious backdoor "Daserf" has been linked to other campaigns leveraging an eclectic assortment of malware, including two additional backdoors, two remote access trojans and a downloader.
Victims will download an app from the store only to find the app in no way resembles what the user was expecting, but instead is an app disguised as a Flash Player.
