Rogue/fake applications
Fake applications can be thought of as carbon copies of legitimate software. Cyber criminals are investing quite a large amount of time and resources into copying popular software applications and uploading them to download sites or mobile markets with a FREE tag attached.
One example of this type of attack is what is called Fake AV, which had a lot of variants that targeted Windows users. Combined with scareware tactics, this type of malicious software is used by cyber criminals for persuading the user to upgrade the software by paying money. They are also used to further infect the machine with other types of malware. As you can see in the following screenshot, it looks like real antivirus software, which is how ...
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