One of the most popular digital crimes, data theft to access bank accounts. Many people have been caught by these tricks through suspicious emails, fake apps and scams.

Cybersecurity company Trend Micro Incorporated has detected viruses in some apps that enter Google’s Play Store.

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After the discovery, they were able to confirm that there were 17 apps downloading them that were looking for their bank information.

The virus they brought is called ‘DawDropper’, a code created by hackers and used to bypass Google’s security layers and other Android mechanisms.

The company’s work was titled ‘Investigation of the New Daw Ropper Banking Dropper and DaaS on the Dark Web’ and it managed to find the Play Store’s weaknesses.

According to analysts, ‘hackers’ used a third party service to circumvent Google’s server protection.

‘Google Play Protect’ is the search engine’s system that deals with such attacks. It ensures that applications reaching the platform are ‘clean’, free of harmful data and viruses.

Apps that should be removed from mobile phones immediately Just In: Video Motion, Document Scanner Pro, Conquer Darkness, Simply Clean, Unicc QR Scanner, Call Recorder, Call Recorder pro +, Rooster VPN, Super Cleaner, Universal Saver Pro, Eagle photo editing, Extra Cleaner , Crypto Utils, FixCleaner and Lucky Cleaner.

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The National Police Cybernetics Center and Colombia Dijín reported More than 13,000 cases of theft from computer channels have been reported since 2020. It is the most common cybercrime in the country.

The Colombian Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications announced that this year alone, 29,000 computer crimes were reported in the national region.

It is recommended to deal with these attacks do not download unknown files, do not click on suspicious links sent by email or text messages, and do not install an antivirus system.

On mobile phones, you can also download applications responsible for protecting your data and inspect what type of content enters the phone. It’s important to make sure it’s a licensed and reputable security platform.

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