They detect new applications on Google Play that are infected with malware, check if they are on your mobile

Thanks to our mobile phones, we have access to millions of applications from different development teams that publish them on sites like the Google Play Store so that we can take advantage of many of these programs, most of which are free and which we simply have. to install and update over time.

The problem is that many cybercriminals publish many applications on sites such as the Google Play Store and in the first months of their availability do not make any changes to the code, but when they already have a large number of users who have installed the application, they start releasing updates, which can give us a lot of trouble if they have malware.

And now, various research groups via Phonearena have warned that there are several apps in the Google Play Store, most of which have already been removed, that hide malware inside, and it is likely that some of them are already installed.

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— D3Lab (@D3LabIT) June 13, 2022

In particular, these are applications that contain malware and have already been removed from the Play Store:

• Document Manager
• Coin track Credit – Online credit
• Cool caller screen
• PSD authorization protection
• Emoji RGB Keyboard
• Camera Translator Pro

This is the second list of lesser known apps that have been installed much less frequently, have already been removed, but have been available for some time also on the Google Play Store and which you should check out:

• FastPDF Scanner
• Balloon Wallpaper
• colorful messenger
• Bandit Photo Editor
• anime wallpaper
• World SMS
• happy photo collage
• OriginalMessenger
• Granule messages
• Smart Keyboard
• Special photo editor
• 4K wallpaper

The first group of fraudulent applications is especially important, because they have been installed by over 100,000 users.in some apps with malware that can steal our phone number, even emails, passwords and credit card details.

If you have looked through the list of applications and see that you have some of them installed, you should uninstall them right now and make sure that you do not have any suspicious behavior on your mobile phone or on your bank account.

One piece of advice we can give you is to use common sense and only download apps from reputable companies. On the other hand, even if you see an app with lots of positive reviews and lots of downloads, it doesn’t mean it’s completely safe, so check it out before downloading.