Despite the strict measures taken by Google on both the store and the user side, malicious software is incessant. Joker software, which has been harassing users for 3 years, has been detected in 4 new applications.
Joker software hurts
Joker software, which is easy for attackers to evade firewalls because it does very little coding, sends paid SMS or subscribes to paid services without the user’s consent.
It is stated that the software can bypass two-stage security solutions by reading incoming messages or notifications. Thus, the user can only understand that something went wrong when his wallet is empty.
According to the researches, 4 new applications with download numbers exceeding 100 thousand in total were detected. Smart SMS Messages, Blood Pressure Monitor, Voice Languages Translator and Quick Text SMS seem to have infected 100,000 devices already. Those who have downloaded these applications, which have been removed from the Google Play store, are definitely asked to delete them and check their bank accounts.
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