Users Android They once again become the target of a dangerous virus called the Joker. The latter is far from new, it has already claimed a large number of victims. Unfortunately, this number can increase because its authors have managed to hide it in eight applications available on
Play Store.
These are the cybersecurity researchers in Rapid Protection Labs who discovered traces
Joker Malware Within these applications. “This is a spy Trojan that steals SMS messages from smartphones, contact list and various information,” the team of researchers explains in their blog.
Once the infected application is installed on the device, the virus spreads through its system to take control. Thus he will visit websites that offer paid services and engage his victim by retrieving the service confirmation message. The subscriptions that the Joker unknowingly subscribes to his victims are often unfortunately very expensive. In addition to accessing SMS, it can also access the emails of its victims allowing it to intercept more authentication codes. He can also try to gain access to the bank accounts of his victims.
Google did what it needed
Google’s search team, of course, warned against discovering it. The American giant was quick to remove the infected apps, but they may still be on your smartphone. That is why you will have to delete it manually and not just by deleting its icon. Here is a list of 8 problematic applications:
- help message
- Fast Magic SMS
- CamScanner is free
- super message
- Object Scanner
- go messages
- travel wallpapers
- Super SMS
Active since 2017Joker malware is being talked about regularly, despite the protection measures that Google has put in place within the Play Store. The way it works is always the same; Once deployed on a smartphone, it will do its best to retrieve the banking data of its victims, but also of subscribers to various services by retrieving SMS, emails and other notifications that allow it to intercept authentication codes.
To avoid being hosted by you, download apps that you are sure developers and publishers are trustworthy.
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