No rest for Google. The Mountain View company was forced to perform a new cleanup at the end of June 2020 after removing 47 Android apps that had been invaded by a Trojan. With the help of IT security company Evina, Google was able to capture the Trojan. 25 apps were infected with malware.
All these applications belong to a single hacker group and their primary purpose is, Steal Facebook credentials of its users. With this data, hackers can launch: large-scale phishing operationsAlthough these applications are not very well known, they are still brought together. 2.6 million downloads.
A fake Facebook login page to trick users
To provide as many victims as possible, hackers diversified the types of applications: step counters, flashlights, file managers, wallpaper libraries, and even image and video editors. Their modus operandi was also quite deep-rooted. Thanks to Malicious code injected directly into the applicationThe pirates succeeded Determine which application was last opened.
If it’s Facebook, then a trap has been set. At this very moment, a fake login page social network is created. If the user wants to return to Facebook at some point, he will encounter this page. Thinking that there is an error, the victim naturally enters his credentials to reconnect. Obviously, all the data is taken by a Java script, redirecting a remote server run by hackers.
After discovering the potted roses, French company Evina immediately notified Google in late May 2020. Mountain View firm removed all broken apps in early JuneIf you have one or more of these apps, it is recommended that you uninstall them quickly. Here is the list:
- Super Wallpapers Flashlight
- Padenatef
- Wallpaper Level
- Contour Level Wallpaper
- iPlayer and iWallpaper
- Video Maker
- Colorful Wallpapers
- Pedometer
- Powerful Flashlight
- Super Bright Flashlight
- Super Flashlight
- Solitaire Game
- Correct Scanning of QR Code
- Classic Card Game
- Junk File Cleanup
- Synthetic Z
- File Manager
- Composite Z
- Screen Capture
- Daily Horoscope Wallpapers
- Wuxia Reader
- More Weather
- Anime Live Wallpaper
- iHealth Step Counter
- com.tqyapp.fiction
Source : TechRadar
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