Mobile Threat Catalogue

Restricted Access to Legitimate App Stores

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Threat Category: Mobile Application Store

ID: ECO-20

Threat Description: Certain situations may arise where access to app stores is either restricted or blocked entirely. This drives users to use 3rd party sources to download and update apps, opening the door to intrusion by malicious app.

Threat Origin

Not Applicable, See Exploit or CVE Examples

Exploit Examples

Google Play Store seems blocked now from China. How can I update my Quora app? 1

CVE Examples

Not Applicable

Possible Countermeasures

References

  1. D. Harkness et al., “Google Play Store seems blocked now from China. How can I update my Quora app?”, forum thread, 6 Dec. 2014, www.quora.com/Google-Play-Store-seems-blocked-now-from-China-How-can-I-update-my-Quora-app [accessed 8/25/16] ↩