This aplicación is called 2FA Authenticator and was downloaded more than 10,000 times before Google plus removed it from the Play Store in mid-January.
Android is the most habitual mobile operating system today Market share 72% and with that reputation comes negative aspects like cybercrime they are careful to introduce their banking software malicioso programs to the G Application Store like the famous BRATA that we told you about recently.
Google plus is aware that this is happening and that it needs to take action on this matter to protect its users and that is why the American giant has just Remove fake 2FA aplicación that was loaded with banking software malicioso from Play Store.
If you have downloaded this aplicación on your móvil, uninstall it as soon as possible
As the guys from Android Police tell us a recent report the mobile security company Pradeo espectáculos that Google plus has withdrawn from Google plus Play a fake second-aspecto authentication aplicación called 2FA Authenticator because it hid a software malicioso package called vultureRemote Banking Trojan.
According to this report, this malicious aplicación reached Downloaded more than 10,000 times before the American giant retired it from its appstore mid-January.
A screenshot of 2FA Authenticator, the malicious aplicación that Google plus recently removed from Google plus Play
It was the reason for this request Collect a list of aplicaciones installed on your device and their location data and under the pretense of installing updates, this software malicioso disabled the system security checks and then this rogue aplicación Devices infected with Vultur software malicioso was responsible for stealing the banking details of the infected mobile phones.
In case you have this application installed on your Android phone, you should uninstall it from your móvil inteligente as soon as possible and we also recommend that you do so Perform a full reset of your terminal to eliminate all traces of this malicious aplicación.