Hummingbad
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HummingBad is Android malware created by Chinese advertising company, Yingmob. It was discovered by Check Point in February 2016.[1]
Researchers from Check Point said the malware installs more than 50,000 fraudulent apps each day, displays 20 million malicious advertisements, and generates more than $300,000 per month in revenue.[2][3] The research pointed out the Yingmob group, previously accused of being responsible for the Yispecter iOS malware, as being responsible for the attack.[4]
The malware infected more than 10 million Android devices worldwide, most of which were located in China and India and were running outdated versions of Android.[5]