The applications we download from the App Store are usually very safe, but sometimes it can be dangerous. And this is what happened according to a report lately Kaspersky. A New type malware So far, it has always been focused on Android, for the first time in iPhone applications appeared.

This malwareIn the nickname “sparkcat”, The ability to recognize the text in images through OCRIt allows you to remove sensitive information from the screenshots received by the user on your iPhone. According to Kaspersky, some applications connected to these malicious software are looking for cryptographic portfolio recovery sentences that can facilitate the stolen of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies by attackers.

We find Android and iOS applications available in Google Play and App Store, integrated with a malicious SDK/Marco to steal recovery sentences for cryptographic wallets. Infected applications with Google Play were downloaded more than 242,000. For the first time in Apple’s App Store, a “Stealer” was found.

Various applications for iPhone may include dangerous malware

Kaspersky, including this spy software in the App Store, including various applications, “ComECOME”, “Wetink” and “Anygpt”However, it is not clear whether it is use malware It was “an intentional action by developers” or “the result of the attack on the supply chain”.

Although not very popular applications, it is dangerous to find these malicious software in the App Store.

Some applications infected with the App Store Ask access to user photos And if allowed, they use OCR to find sensitive information on screenshots. Although its main purpose is to steal the statements of the recovery of encryption portfolios, passwords or other hidden data can also remove.

Malware It affects both iOS and AndroidIncluding applications in the Google Play Store and the App Store. However, it is true that iPhone users usually trust their devices because Apple controls all applications. In this situation, No significant symptoms of being a Trojan horse of the malicious softwareAnd it seems justified by the main functions of this request.

To reduce risks Kaspersky suggestions Avoid saving screenshots with confidential informationCrypto currency as recovery statements, in the photo library of the device. This malware He took advantage of it, so if you didn’t have such a savings, he wouldn’t do anything.

Apparently, this campaign was especially directed to Europe and Asian users, but I could not do it Do not find any of the so -called infected applications in Spanish App Store. Although they have popular applications in our country, they may have already been eliminated. Although Apple usually behaves fast, there are no first time in the App Store.

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