‘Agent Smith’ malware has affected 25 million phones: Check Point report

Check Point Research has just found out that about a new variant of mobile malware dubbed as ‘Agent Smith’ which it claims has infected approximately 25 million smartphones across the world out of which 15 million devices are estimated to be from India.

The malware which is disguised as a Google-related application exploits the known vulnerabilities of Android and replaces apps installed with their malicious versions without the knowledge of the user.