It should now be clear to everyone: the fact that an application is distributed via the Google Play Store it is not an indication of its safety. This is evidenced by the continuous bulletins from cybersecurity experts, who cyclically and frequently malicious applications distributed through the official Google channels.

The Play Store houses millions of applications and several thousand are approved every day. It is practically impossible to check them all. This time the report comes from the experts of Trend Micro: 17 malicious applications have long been proliferated in the Google Play Store, where they reached thousands of unsuspecting users.

The apps in question functioned as a dropper – called DawDropper – for a banking trojan, a malware designed to steal the victim’s bank account credentials. Basically, downloading one of these applications led to the draining of the checking account. Malware can bypass OTP authentication, thanks to the ability to access SMS received from the smartphone.

As always, if you have downloaded any of these apps, we recommend that you uninstall it immediately and take all necessary measures to secure your smartphone. The full list of malicious apps:

After the researchers reported, Google took steps to remove all apps in question from its marketplace.


Source: Lega Nerd

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