HummingBad
- First seen
- 2016-02-01 00:00:00
- Origin
- CN
- Primary motivation
- financial-gain
- Sophistication
- expert
- Resource level
- organization
- Actor type
- criminal
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 11:51:20
Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications media-and-entertainment
Context
This group created a malware that takes over Android devices and generates $300,000 per month in fraudulent ad revenue. The group effectively controls an arsenal of over 85 million mobile devices around the world. With the potential to sell access to these devices to the highest bidder
Reports & references
- blog.checkpoint.com — Hummingbad Research Report Final 62916 (report)