The irremovable Hummer is now the number one Trojan in the world, with over one million current victims.
A prolific piece of Trojan smartphone malware which installs malicious apps, games, and continually pushes pop-up adverts onto victim's phones is making its creators as much as $500,000 per day.
When a mobile becomes infected by Hummer, the Trojan roots the device to obtain administrator privileges which it uses to frequently prompt pop-up adverts, as well as automatically installing unwanted apps, games, porn, and malware in the background. All of these actions consume large amounts of data, potentially putting the infected user at risk of large bills from their network provider.
Unfortunately for victims, the malware is extremely difficult to uninstall due to the fact it takes control of the phone at such a deep level, thus Hummer can't be uninstalled with traditional antivirus tools, nor can it be deleted through a factory reset. The fact there are 18 different separate software tools which allow Hummer to root itself on a phone makes it particularly dangerous.
>"for losers" >it literally lets people earn 0,5M per day
Isaac Rogers
Yeah well everything has a price. Better this then have to deal with all the problems with iPhones.
Also to be fair this only affects those dumbfucks downloading apps outside of the playstore or other trusted sources like github and f-droid.
>be normie >browse 100s of porn tabs randomly clicking ads >get sent to a web page that tells you to enable installing unkown apps and having Android beg you to not do it >do it anyways >phone becomes infected wow
Brandon Parker
Great example of fucking circulative bullshit media >every "tech news" site running this article has the same shitty information >no explanation on technical side of operation >not sure what firmware/android operating systems are infected >where does it come from? Who the fuck knows, "Chinese makers of virus earning ~500k" HEADLINE Judging by the demographics and consumer phone relation, one could guess the virus is infecting ancient-ware primitive android installations Also Fuck off shill
Connor Russell
Overpriced is false. Just as fast or faster than the highest end Phones
No back button - having back button is fucking retarded when you can swipe from left.
Backdoors. They could only break iPhone 5 older with old iOs.
Meanwhile 99,9% of Android devices are full of malware and even more backdoors.
99% of viruses made for mobile platforms are on android
Jaxson Thomas
So where is it coming from?
Elijah Morales
>Overpriced is false. Just as fast or faster than the highest end Phones For a significantly higher price. Also you can slap in a 128GB microsd card in a $75 2GB RAM Android phone and end up paying like $105 total. You have to spend like $900 to get a 128GB iPhone 6S plus.
>No back button - having back button is fucking retarded when you can swipe from left. For you.
>They could only break iPhone 5 older with old iOs. That's literally what they want you to believe. The problem isn't the feds breaking into your phone, it's the russian and chinese hackers who are out to steal your bank and personal info.
>Meanwhile 99,9% of Android devices are full of malware and even more backdoors. Prove it.
>99% of viruses made for mobile platforms are on android Prove it. My friend got a virus on his iPhone about a year ago and was his main reason for switching to android.
Matthew Cox
Oh and here's that 2GB RAM $75 android phone I was talking about. Has a microsd slot that supports up to 2TB microsd cards (SDXC)
Holy shit you can't even greentext and quote people, LMFAO
I'm done talking to an itoddler like you.
Nolan Parker
google has no control over the OS, they don't even care they're just harvesting info anyway. even if they wanted to patch this shit the whole >google>phone manufacturer>carrier process takes like a year at least and by then it's too late.
Grayson Mitchell
Hahahahaha got blown the fuck out. better resort to name calling because that will show him and everyone else here.
>Holy shit you can't even greentext and quote people, LMFAO
iToddlers can't greentext amirigt guys xDDDDD LMFAO XDDDDDDD I'm so done talking to him guys XDDDDDD
Nice refutal Prajeesh. Not like I expect greenbubbling loser like you to have any decent conversation with anyone in first place. Don't forget to download latest antivirus on your phone if it even does support your old piece of shit android version.
Justin Stewart
lol you mad
Josiah Brown
>They could only break iPhone 5 older with old iOS.
What about the San Bernardino Allah Akbar fags iPhone that was penetrated by the FBI?
Asher Lewis
anyway to remove the google botnet from android?
Easton Sullivan
You're a botnet. Remove yourself.
Kayden Cooper
On that case; FBI Director James B. Comey has said that the solution works only on iPhone 5Cs running the iOS 9 operating system — what he calls a “narrow slice” of phones.
Nathan Powell
I run CM nightlies and my current patch level is from June 1st, 2016. I'm not sure if I'm vulnerable because the article doesn't mention anything useful.
Bentley Flores
>greenbubbling >too poor to afford unlimited sms
Didn't expect anything else from a poorfag who thinks that a sub $1000 device makes him rich.
Dominic Lopez
>FBI suppressing information about numerous backdoors present on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s greedy fucks
Asher Cooper
>malware that installs porn for free Sign me up
Angel Walker
Could this lead to phones that can't be rooted possibly being rooted?
Parker Evans
>After analysing samples of the malware, security researchers discovered that Hummer spreads itself using a variety of domain names and infection points through third-party app stores where users are tricked into downloading malicious, fake versions of popular applications such as YouTube. >through third-party app stores So most people are safe. Only idiots who do not ensure that they are downloading a legit app through a 3rd party app store are at risk. I believe one reason "security researchers" try to spread these cases so much is that more people get their anti-virus apps.
Which makes 2 good reasons why you don't see this on iPhones: - no anti-virus apps exist for iPhone (not allowed) and most important - you can ONLY install apps from app store (unless jailbroken) Most android viruses are spread through fake apps in 3rd party app stores. Without this option, iPhones at least appear to be a lot safer.
Aiden Murphy
This is why I keep telling anons to never use f-droid and only install apps from play store. You can't trust anything not from the play store.
Zachary Hughes
All phones are rootable. All computers are hackable.
Just because it's hosted on the Play store or App store doesn't make it malware or safe. Just like being able to see the source code doesn't mean that source code should be trusted.
True but by default you should never trust chink, poo in loo or vodkanigger software.
Luke Nguyen
F-Droid is open source, blondie. If you don't trust shit, just pull the source code and browse it and compile it yourself.
Landon Torres
True. Only snownigger software is supreme.
Caleb Martinez
Now if I could interject for just a moment here, I'd like to explain to you how iOS devices really work, since you obviously don't know. The bootrom works similarly to the bios of a laptop. I've been able to exploit the bootroms used in the A5 and A6 devices. I've dumped the bootrom on A7 devices. I have an iBoot exploit for A8 devices which I'm working with currently to dump the bootrom. If I get physical access then your phone is mine, unless you have a 6s.
A4 - iPhone 4 - dumped from userland and iBoot - exploitable A5 - iPhone 4s - dumped from userland and iBoot - exploitable A6 - iPhone 5/5c - dumpled from userland and iBoot - exploitable A7 - iPhone 5s - dumped from userland and iBoot A8 - iPhone 6/6plus - dumped from iBoot
All have vulnerable bootroms, filled with easily exploitable buffer everflows in the main and exception stacks. I also thought to myself "why not attack the heap?" so I did and the first 3 are vulnerable. These supposedly "read only" pieces of flash memory are incredibly insecure. Once I have a working method, I can write over the data and bss sections with my own instructions. No more signature checks. iOS is now completely vulnerable from the bottom up. All of that fancy KPP and directory moving bullshit is useless. Fuck off Applel fags.
Sincerely, an ex fruit engineer
David Johnson
I want to believe.png But seriously (if you even are). For a7 and a8 how? I know ih8sn0w has his iBoot exploit since mid iOS 7 lasting now at iOS 10 beta. But where did you even learn to become an ifruit engineer in the first place?
Blake Kelly
your entire post is bullshit. I can pull pic out of my ass too and claim vulnerable bootroms. You should have helped on Bernandino case in case they were exploitable. Thing is, they are not. You have no evidence on any of this.
Aaron Wright
Mr. Jobs is resurrected to take back his job from the fruity CEO t Go find a poop hole Pajeet.
Nathan Ross
2 rupees have been deposited in your designated shitting street Pajeet!
Samuel Sanchez
>dumb cunts keep pushing for le epin linux operating system >Android fork of Linux gets popular as a phone OS >this shit happens So secure, I'm impressed, freeshits.
William Williams
I've been interested in technology since I was a kid. Just never stopped learning.
You don't have to believe me. Also, why the fuck would I help crush the freedoms of millions of innocent civilians? Don't tell me that whatever tools I make wouldn't be used for spying on the average joe. Unlike some of you niggers, I actually have a conscience that tells me not to fuck people over just because I can.
>calls others pajeet when his post screams third world buttanger
Logan Bailey
You know this is because of poo in loos, right?
Literally everyone pirates apps over there. By pirating apps, they fugg they whole thing up and spread this garbage.
Not like you are only one in world who can do this. Bitch you ain't special. It would have been out ages ago all these exploits but younare just talking shit and got no evidence.
These got deleted from app store and problem fixed in week or less. Meanwhile in Android... I don't even need to say it
Kevin Brown
>this is what iToddlers actually believe
Lincoln Bell
I know iOS devices better than anyone here. I see you're calling names. Why are you intimidated by the sharing of information? Also, what's one good reason why the big babies of /r/jailbreak and the virgins of Sup Forums deserve to benefit from my hard work? Why should oppressive governments around the world be allowed to use my findings to screw people over?
Jayden Stewart
You still have not provided evidence on anything because you don't have a way to do any of this. If there was a way it would have been out already. You can go back to >>>/reddit/
Adrian Howard
>it would be out already >ur not showin meh proof Maybe instead of complaining that I don't know anything you should answer my questions above. You are not special. You're entitled to nothing because you are nothing and so you will receive nothing. If you have any further comments, questions or concerns, please fold them up neatly and insert them firmly into your rectum.
Carter Cook
"I know ios devices better than anyone else here"
"what's one good reason why the big babies of /r/jailbreak and the virgins of Sup Forums deserve to benefit from my hard work?"
Only hard work you have done is made these baits on this thread.
You are surprisingly fucking stupid for an "ex fruit engineer."
Carter Fisher
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Benjamin Powell
lmao, look at this itoddler cry.
Nicholas Baker
>this guy so butthurt he had to make 2 replies
Xavier Jackson
yes im sure this is the fault of the few years old linux kernel and not a shitload of "free" "apps" from chinese/russian "devs" and people "upgrading" their phones to some random android "forks" from torrents using installers from speedupmyphone.com Also its not like the majority of tablet users are kids who never used a pc before or had responsible parents who teach could teach them about internet security and which porn sites are safe. I mean i hate android but you can be safe on a windows xp with no AV and a router firewall, when you use your computer in a secure way.
Adam Lee
>yes im sure this is the fault of the few years old linux kernel and not a shitload of "free" "apps" from chinese/russian "devs" and people "upgrading" their phones to some random android "forks" from torrents using installers from speedupmyphone.com Also its not like the majority of tablet users are kids who never used a pc before or had responsible parents who teach could teach them about internet security and which porn sites are safe. exactly. linux a shit.
Asher Gonzalez
Please cry some more. :^)
Kayden Morales
:DDDDD
Eli Brown
Worst case scenario, wipe /system, re-flash Cyanogenmod or AOSP. Factory reset only wipes /data and /cache, which won't get rid of something with root privileges on your device.
Honestly, they should just ship all Android phones with a proper recovery like TWRP by default.
Samuel Hill
>using android unironically
NO UPDATES
NO PRIVACY
VIRUSES OUT THE ASS
LITERALLY A JOKE
Jose Mitchell
see
Owen Murphy
See
John Nguyen
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Kevin Fisher
see
Lucas Lopez
>NO UPDATES Cyanogenmod has updates. One every day if you use nightly builds. Otherwise, it's every couple of months I think.
>NO PRIVACY You really only have this issue with gapps. You don't have to use them. They don't even need to be installed to your system.
>VIRUSES OUT THE ASS If a system is popular enough, of course people will write viruses for it. There's plenty of viruses for Windows too. Just be smart about how you use your fucking devices, and if you do get infected, backup and reformat.
Cooper Gonzalez
1. Great deal saver, depends on phone though.
2. Same thing, close tab or go to different page on iPhone.
3. Did you pull that out of your ballsack? Not everyone in that ethnic group is a hacker you know.
4. I'd agree with this, proof or we doubt it.
5. Same as this. iPhone can be unsecured, no antiviruses available, but adblockers for certain sites are available.
Tyler Ross
>99% of viruses made for mobile platforms are on android And 99% of viruses made for desktop platfoms are on Windows. Just don't be an idiot and you won't get one.
Jace Lopez
kek
Adam Ortiz
>le macs don't get viruses meme is back again The truth is all electronics are unsafe. The most popular platform will have the most reported, and therefore publicized, infections.
Ayden Hughes
>99% of X is Y
Retard, Some -[since ancient Rome]
Oliver Lee
>Android. Not even once. Truly platform for losers. >An operating system had a virus once Okay. That's an extreme reaction to say the least. It's a wild guess but I'm thinking maybe you had a bias against Android before learning of this malware.
I'm not sure about the ZTE you posted I'd have to look up the specs. The ZTE Zmax 2 however has Band 12 support (Tmobile), removable battery, mSD, 5.5" display, quick charge 2.0, and 5.1 already possibly upgradeable to M we'll see.
Ryan Evans
Android doesn't have the most viruses because it's the most popular one, but because it is popular and open. Most malware are fake apps in 3rd party app stores. Apple does not allow 3rd party app stores at all.
Robert Myers
Well back when this meme was started, Windows had no userspace and no file permissions, so any executable launched by the user had instant access to all of the system's resources, which was a problem Unix (and hence GNU/Linux and Mac OS) provided a simple solution from ages ago. So it was kind of founded before Windows XP. I think it was even founded in big part until one of the service packs because until late into the XP era, installing a simple Internet Explorer toolbar could allow your entire system to be owned by CoolWebSearch.
But I agree with you. Nowadays any platform can get malware because it's more about security fallacies than design. Here, the malware manages to get root privileges. Obviously this is something Android is designed to prevent but they found a new exploit. That happens all the time, over and over again, with all platforms.
The only platform that almost never gets malware is GNU/Linux because malware nowadays is all about making money so its developers don't waste time on a 2% marketshare. And little script kiddies probably feel like GNU/Linux users are too 1337 to deserve getting hacked.
Nolan Parker
I didn't even say it had the most viruses. All I said was that the number of reported infections would be higher on the most widespread platform.
Lucas Adams
Anyone can release an app to the app store if they are willing to submit it to Apple's certification process, which filters out a lot of shit, but is definitely not perfect.
Caleb Walker
>Hummer spreads itself using a variety of domain names and infection points through third-party app stores where users are tricked into downloading malicious, fake versions of popular applications which means fags who can't pirate clean apks made this popular. >the article writer is the only loser here
Jaxson Ross
Windows NT was sort of a collab with IBM OS/2 and VMS. OS/2 is till used in some cases today to run phone systems. I'm also pretty sure that NT 3.5 and 4.0 also had some collab done to make it more Novell Netware compat to boot as Novell was a thing back in the 90's and early 00's. Win2k was sort of a move towards desktop but XP was when they made the final push for NT base to home users and now it's all NT.
Lincoln Hughes
>having js enabled by default
Aiden Butler
We're talking about normies here senpai. You know, the same fucks who download millions of toolbars and viruses because they keep clicking on "free x download now" ads.
It's actually impressive this attack works to be honest. Didn't actually expect this many normies to follow directions to allow "unknown sources" to be checked.
Jordan Reyes
don't worry stupid kids pirating shit were always the cause of malware. 2nd place was taken by kids and people desperate for porn , and the 3rd one was always government officials opening emails with images of funny dancing dogs telling them to "click me" at work.
>The iphone is nine years old - And still no significant malware outbreaks
Elijah Stewart
iPhones have amazing cameras and screens though. And you can't use Androids as flash drives since several versions ago. It's MTP or PTP, which are both slow as shit, limited, and unstable.
Owen Hill
>for the XXth time it appears that sending a message can rekt out phones >but at least we removed all the malware we found one day on our app store. The andoid/iphone fighting is always so cool to watch when you don't care about other features in phone than SMS/phone calls.
Ryder Torres
>not installing CM13 on your phone
As per usual providers screwing over customers, nothing new fuck you too, samsung.
Elijah Lewis
iPhones pros
>faster than any android phone (A9, NVMe storage) >better apps and dev support >not a disgusting looking UI >software updates for years and year >little depreciation >best build quality >better ram management >associated with rich people
iPhone cons
>more expensive >no emulators, ricing or other useless childish garbage
Android Pros
>less expensive
Andtoid Cons
>slow as fuck >lags >google botnet >no updates, artificial obsolescence >associated with poorfags and indians
Evan Cooper
>90 out of 100 android phones don't have microsd slot. Nice asspull.
William Russell
Almost all Android malware infections are from people pirating apps.
Angel Hall
>automatically roots your phone yea, good luck with my mtk
Isaac Torres
>iPhones have amazing cameras Nope, all are dogshit. I used to have an iPhone 5 and all photos would come out blurry as fuck if someone moved 1mm.
>and screens though. Nope, super amoled is the best phone screen tech. They're so good apple is planning to use them on the iPhone 7.
>And you can't use Androids as flash drives since several versions ago. It's MTP or PTP, which are both slow as shit, limited, and unstable. Oh really? Then why have I been able to transfer 1GB files to and from my Note 4 through MTP with 0 problems. Maybe don't use a shitty micro usb cable? I always use those braided Anker cables so maybe that's it.
pic related: how bad it can get. This was shot by the CEO of apple (currently tim cook) btw.
Camden Rogers
>not a disgusting looking UI maybe if youre a faggot wearing pink slippers, entirely up to the person
>best build quality I dont recall any waterproof iphones, which makes them shit by default >hurr you dont want a device you want on you 24/7 in all kinds of weather to be able to stand up to being dropped in a puddle of water or heavy rain
literally a toy
>associated with rich people Drones gonna drone, people taking loans to afford a phone then going "LOOK AT ME IM SO RICH I CAN AFFORD THIS TOY!"
Andtoid Cons >slow as fuck worksfineforme.jpeg
>lags Thats the same as "slow"
>google botnet
>installing GAPPS Youre asking for it.
>no updates, artificial obsolescence Cyanogenmod updates all the time, even for super old phones
Least the updates makes the phones faster most of the time, unlike applel phones that slows to a crawl when updating
>associated with poorfags and indians Cash saved is cash earned, which is why you need a loan for your toy :^)
Ayden Gomez
I got one, Its a fine phone. Not a high end cpu/gpu and theres no rom support but you can usually find it for $99 or less
Adam Collins
see i used to own an iPhone 6s before you call me a shill.
Connor Hill
>im too poor to own an iPhone: the post
Im sure you did buddy
Lucas Reyes
I LITERALLY paid full price for my iPhone 6s.
David Carter
If the can root the note 5 Ill suck their dick
Elijah Price
so exactly how do you make money using this? get accidental adcliccs?
Henry Thompson
nothing wrong with F-Droid, just with the apps there
Jason Allen
>the Trojan roots the device Why can a trojan do that so easily, but if I want to root my phone I have to do some convoluted bullshit that doesn't even work?
Angel Allen
>no mSD slot modern android flagships doesnt have this either >shit camera this isn't true at all, 6+ camera is pretty good compared to other flagships like 6p etc >cant share files other than photos/videos over wifi dropbox? >less apps what apps is iOS missing really?
it feels like this tripfriend has used an iPhone 4s for like 4 minutes then decided to give it an review, half of these isnt even valid points.
Tyler Phillips
With $500k per day it will be easy to buy zero day exploit for Android (read : root) Exploit is priced higher on black market.
Jayden James
Textbook sour grape here
Luis Thompson
>users install pirated apps that have malware >hurr durr viruses that's like saying "windows/linux/mac users get viruses when installing pirated software" who would have thought?
