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Cybersecurity experts fromQianxin Xlabsdubbed the operation Bigpanzi, and claim there are some 170,000 daily active bots.
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The apps, which havent been named, drop two malware variants: pandoraspear, and pcdn.
The campaign is active since 2015, the researchers claim, with most victims apparently being located in Brazil.
There are a number of things Bigpanzis operators can do with infected devices.
Finally, they can use the botnet for OTT content provision.
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