According to McAfee, five out of five Flappy Bird-like games have been infected with malicious code.Flappy Bird was released in mid-2013 on iOS and earlier this year on Android. This game has achieved great success with more than 50 million downloads, but was later dropped by the East in early February 2014.
Recognizing the great interest of the player, cybercriminals have rapidly developed hundreds of floppy versions of Flappy Bird to spread malicious code. In the latest statistics, McAfee found 300 games, which accounted for about 79% of all Flappy Bird games, could harm the user's device.
Once the malicious code is installed, the bad guys can manipulate the victim's smartphone to make calls, install other applications, collect personal information such as contacts, addresses, or record calls. and copy SMS ...
Not just Flappy Bird, many other applications are also being copied and misled by cybercriminals. Therefore, security experts recommend that phone users carefully review the source of the application before downloading.