The malicious app is available on third party file-sharing sites, and was uploaded on July 7-less than 72 hours after the game was officially released in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. A modified version of the Pokemon Go app has been found, packing a malicious remote access trojan (RAT) named DroidJack (identified by Trend Micro as AndroidOS_SANRAT.A). Unfortunately, cybercriminals were quick to take advantage of the hype. Recently, Pokemon Go, the newly released augmented reality mobile game excited fans all over the globe. However, the growth of mobile games makes them an ideal attack vector for cybercriminals as well.
There’s something about the mobile market that keeps it strong-with more and more games making their way to App Store and Google Play.
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