UC Browser Puts 600 Million Android Users At Security Risk

UC Browser, the second most favorite browser on the Google Play Store, has put Android application to risk by exposing them to MITM attacks. The MITM attack stands for main-in-the-middle attack in which the user and the application are interrupted by the attacker. This interruption can be massive since the attacker can even change the communications between the user and application.

The downloading of APKs from a third party store can make it possible for MITM to attack android users. UC browser has 500 million-plus downloads and UC Browser Mini has 100 million dollars which make about 600 million users. It means, there are 600 million android users on risk. The domain “9appsdownloading” makes a request for an additional APK. This flaw was pointed out by researchers of ZScaler.

This activity is also against Google Play Store Policy which clearly states that an app cannot update itself by any other means except for the Google Play update. In the same way, executable code cannot be downloaded from any other source other than Google Play. However, Google has confirmed that they have taken the matter into consideration. UC Web has also been contacted by Google to update the apps and amend the policy violation.

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