Be very careful if you have any of these aplicaciones installed: they have recently been infected by the most well-known software malicioso
Bad news until the end of the week: Cybersecurity experts from Zscaler ThreatLabz He found out at least fifty applications for Android on Google plus Play infected with one of the most widespread and dangerous viruses that has been haunting millions of Android users around the world for many years.
The threat would endanger thousands of users as the infected applications more than accumulated 300,000 total downloads. To date, they have already been removed from the store catalog, but it is possible that quite a few users still have one of these malicious aplicaciones installed on their devices.
The software malicioso was hidden in the application code
As the researchers detailed in their report, the attackers’ modus operandi was somewhat different from the other campaigns starring Joker. Instead of waiting for habitual aplicaciones to be found, they seem to replace them infected versions because of the software malicioso, they decided hide malicious code in resource archivos within the application package.
That would be the reason ** Android antivirus systems and protection methods for example Google plus Play ProtectThey could not identify the infected applications as a threat.
“Frequently, threat actors block wildcard software malicioso in messaging aplicaciones that require users to grant elevated access privileges by allowing them to act as the default mensaje de texto aplicación on the usuario’s phone. The software malicioso emplees these elevated privileges to perform its operations.”
Using techniques to steal mensaje de texto messages, contact lists, or device information, Joker-infected aplicaciones could sign up victims for premium services like WAP to extort their money.
Currently, Google plus has already removed all aplicaciones from the store. However, it is important to ensure that none of these are installed on our devices. The full list of infected aplicaciones is available below:
- Fácil note scanner – com.wuwan.pdfscan
- Universal PDF scanner – com.unpdf.scan.read.docscanuniver
- Private messenger – com.recollect.linkus
- Premium mensaje de texto – com.premium.put.trustsms
- Smart Messages – com.toukyoursms.timemessages
- Text Emoji mensaje de texto – messenger.itext.emoji.mesenger
- Blood pressure checker – com.bloodpressurechecker.tangjiang
- Funny keyboard – com.soundly.galaxykeyboard
- Silent memory camera – com.silentmenory.timcamera
- Custom keyboards with themes – com.custom.keyboardthemes.galaxy
- Light messages – com.lilysmspro.lighting
- Photo keyboard themes – com.themes.bgphotokeyboard
- Send mensaje de texto – exazth.message.send.text.sms
- Messenger Chat Themes – com.relish.messengers
- Instant Messenger – com.sbdlsms.crazymessager.mmsrec
- Cool keyboard – com.colate.gthemekeyboard
- Emoji Keyboard Fonts – com.zemoji.fontskeyboard
- Miniscan PDF – com.mnscan.minipdf
- Smart mensaje de texto messages – com.sms.mms.message.ffei.free
- Creative Emoji Keyboard – com.whiteemojis.creativekeyboard.ledsloard
- Fancy mensaje de texto – le.sms.fancy
- Emoji Keyboard Fonts – com.symbol.fonts.emojikeyboards
- Personal message – com.crown.personalmessage
- Funny emoji message – com.funie.messagremo
- Magic Photo Editor – com.amagiczy.photo.editor
- Professional messages – com.adore.attached.message
- All photo translators – myphotocom.allfasttranslate.transationtranslator
- Chat mensaje de texto – com.maskteslary.messages
- Smile Emoji – com.balapp.smilewall.emoji
- Wow translator – com.imgtop.camtranslator
- Translate all languages - com.exclusivez.alltranslate
- Cool Messages – com.learningz.aplicación.cool.messages
- Blood pressure diary – blood group.main heart rate.mo.depulse.aplicación.tracking.diary.
- mensaje de texto text chat – com.echatsms.messageos
- Hello Text mensaje de texto – ismos.mmsyes.message.texthitext.bobpsms
- Emoji Theme Keyboard – com.gobacktheme.lovelyemojikeyboard
- iMessager – start.me.messager
- Text mensaje de texto – com.ptx.textsms
- Camera translator – com.haixgoback.outsidetext.languagecameratransla
- Coming messages – com.itextsms.messagecoming
- Painting photo editor – com.painting.pointeditor.photo
- Rich Theme Message – com.getmanytimes.richsmsthememessenge
- Quick Talk message – messages.qtsms.messenger
- Advanced mensaje de texto – com.fromamsms.atadvancedmmsopp
- Professional Messenger – com.akl.smspro.messenger
- Classic Game Messenger – com.classcolor.formessenger.sic
- Message style – com.istyle.messagesty
- Private game messages – com.message.game.india
- Timestamp Camera – already.taken.photobeauty.camera.timestamp
- Popular message – com.colorsocial.message
Experts recall the importance Do not download aplicaciones from dubious developer accounts, which do not have many positive reviews. Again, many of the infected aplicaciones fake messaging aplicacionesIt is recommended to avoid downloading these types of aplicaciones except for the most common and safe ones.