Attention Android users: malware in the Google Play Store - downloading can have fatal consequences
Created: 02/28/2022, 15:52
Android users can access malware unnoticed in Google's Play Store.
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Android users must keep a watchful eye on the Google Play Store.
Because there is new malware lurking behind a seemingly harmless app.
Munich – Users of Android devices have to be careful: A new malware called Xenomorph is said to want to access the user's bank details.
This malware is hidden behind a seemingly harmless app that is supposed to make the phone perform better.
This is what the computer experts at
Threatfabric report
.
Danger for Android users: Malware lurks in the Google Play Store
According to this, the "Fast Cleaner" can be found quite normally in the Google Play Store and the scammers have apparently already had great success.
The app and thus the malware has already been downloaded more than 50,000 times.
If you grant the malware all the rights it requires to start the supposedly harmless app, all services will be played unnoticed in the background - and the data will be read out.
The aim is to take over the bank details and thus the accounts of the victims in order to be able to make transfers afterwards.
According to the computer experts, the malware is still in its infancy, but it can already intercept personal data, SMS and notifications and prevent the app from being uninstalled.
When reading the SMS, the software should look for logins and one-time passwords and thus take over different accounts.
For example from e-mail providers.
Threatfabric
assumes that the fraudsters will continue to develop the malware and that it can become a very high risk.
This is how Android users can protect themselves from malware: Examine apps carefully
Android users can only protect themselves from this in advance by carefully checking the desired app.
Above all, reviews should be considered and whether a negative report has already appeared on the Internet.
But not only Android users have to be careful.
Even users of Ebay classifieds must keep their eyes open for scammers.
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