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Malicious Android apps: beware, there are millions of infected programs in circulation

2022-08-03T03:36:01.778Z


Malicious Android apps: beware, there are millions of infected programs in circulation Created: 08/03/2022 05:27 By: Patrick Freiwah Google Play Store on Android phone: beware of downloading unknown apps. © Lobeca/Imago Don't trust the Google Play Store blindly. There are always infected apps on offer that can cause damage after downloading. Munich - App stores from Apple and Google offer a w


Malicious Android apps: beware, there are millions of infected programs in circulation

Created: 08/03/2022 05:27

By: Patrick Freiwah

Google Play Store on Android phone: beware of downloading unknown apps.

© Lobeca/Imago

Don't trust the Google Play Store blindly.

There are always infected apps on offer that can cause damage after downloading.

Munich - App stores from Apple and Google offer a wide range of options for all areas of life.

However, smartphone and tablet users should exercise caution when it comes to downloading a new program.

Downloading unknown software can cause damage on mobile devices.

An evaluation by the security researchers from "Doctor Web" suggests major problems with Android apps in the Google Play Store.

Corresponding faulty apps would contain and spread a total of around 30 Trojans, but the Internet giant Google has meanwhile removed the harmful programs from the download offer.

This may have happened in the course of hundreds of thousands of applications that were deleted from the App Store a few weeks ago.

Trojan apps in the Google Play Store: millions of downloads in circulation

However, the programs have been downloaded millions of times in Germany alone, which means that many users already have this malware on their smartphones.

The specialist portal appeals to users with the corresponding downloads to delete them from their cell phones immediately.

These are the following apps:

  • 4K Wallpapers Auto Changer (andromo.ssfiftylivesixcc)

  • Call Skins - Caller Themes (com.rockskinthemes.app)

  • Caller Theme (com.caller.theme.slow)

  • Caller Theme (com.callertheme.firstref)

  • CallMe Phone Themes (com.callercallwallpaper.app)

  • Cashe Cleaner (com.cachecleanereasytool.app)

  • Emoji Keyboard: Stickers & GIF (gb.crazykey.sevenboard)

  • Fancy Charging (com.fancyanimatedbattery.app)

  • FastCleaner: Cashe Cleaner (com.fastcleanercashecleaner.app)

  • Funny Caller (com.funnycallercustomtheme.app)

  • Funny Wallpapers - Live Screen (com.funnywallpapaerslive.app)

  • InCall: Contact Background (com.mycallcustomcallscrean.app)

  • MyCall - Call Personalization (com.mycallcallpersonalization.app)

  • Neon Theme Keyboard (com.neonthemekeyboard.app)

  • Neon Theme - Android Keyboard (com.androidneonkeyboard.app)

  • NewScrean: 4D Wallpapers (com.newscrean4dwallpapers.app)

  • Notes - reminders and lists (com.notesreminderslists.app)

  • Photo Editor: Beauty Filter (gb.artfilter.tenvarnist)

  • Photo Editor: Retouch & Cutout (nineergysh.quickarttwo)

  • Photo Editor: Art Filters (gb.paint.moonlightingnine)

  • Photo Editor - Design Maker (gb.twentynine.redaktoridea)

  • Photo Editor & Background Eraser (photoground.twentysixshot)

  • Photo & Exif Editor (en.xnano.photoexifeditornine)

  • Photo Editor - Filters Effects (hitopgop.sixtyeightgx)

  • Photo Filters & Effects (de.sixtyonecollice.cameraroll)

  • Photo Editor : Blur Image (de.instgang.fiftyggfife)

  • Photo Editor : Cut, Paste (en.fiftyninecamera.rollredactor)

  • Stock Wallpapers & Backgrounds (stockeighty.onewallpapers)

In 2021 there was also a fuss about apps that stole Facebook's login data:

Android apps: Trojans and malware generate ads and delays

What exactly is the problem of the defective Android apps?

Processes are carried out in the background that affect the processes: The malware uses the "Show over other apps" function, for example, to present advertising.

This in turn slows down the processor, requires longer waiting times and thus costs time.

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Attempts at fraud cannot be ruled out either, which can lead to the theft of sensitive data, for example.

To remain undetected, Trojans hide the app's icon, even swapping it for a more inconspicuous crest.

The result: An infected app becomes an allegedly necessary system app.

The investigation makes it clear that even before the installation, caution is required and that one should look carefully at what kind of program one downloads.

The threat is unlikely to decrease in the medium term: it can be assumed that programmers will continue to offer malicious apps in the Google Play Store in the future.

Therefore, the app you are interested in should at least be checked before downloading.

If the application is relatively unknown and the app is one of dozens of clones, at least skepticism is required.

(PF)

Source: merkur

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