If you have any of these nine applications on your phone, you should delete them as soon as possible.
Put them together Download about 6 million in the Google plus Play Store, but Google plus had to remove it nine requests the deal after a group of experienced security researchers discovered it Inner Trojancapable Fb passwords stolen and access to usuario profiles.
In this a report shared by Doctor Webresponsible for detecting threats, it is noted that there were ten in all Applications found with Insider Trojan. However, nine of them have been distributed to millions of people through Google plus Play. The most habitual aplicación was installed on more than 500,000 events.
Aplicaciones stole users’ Fb credentials
Unlike other threats of this type, in this case the Infected aplicaciones were fully functionaland may perform the actions described in their corresponding description on Google plus Play.
However, each provided one to the usuario a way to remove ads from free aplicaciones – so it seemed at first sight – fácil log into their Fb accounts.
It was then when through a scriptThe attacker submitted the usuario-entered credentials to a server control and control.
In this way they were able Get correo electrónico addresses and passwords of any person who has chosen to entrar their Fb credentials through the Applications. The Trojan was hidden in the following applications, ranked from highest to lowest according to the number of downloads or installations made through the Play Store:
- PIP photo: +5,000,000 downloads
- photo editing: +500,000 downloads
- garbage cleaner: +100,000 downloads
- inwell fitness: +100,000 downloads
- daily horoscope: +100,000 downloads
- Keep aplicación lock: +50,000 downloads
- Lockit Mater: +5,000 downloads
- Horoscope Pi: +1,000 downloads
- Aplicación lock manager: 10 downloads
Now, The aplicaciones have already been removed from Google plus Playand the developer accounts that distributed them will be banned.
However, some of the aplicaciones perro remain installed on victims’ devices. In that case it would be the wisest thing to do destroy them as soon as possible of the devices to avoid problems.