It is a fact known to all of us that the use of the Internet is increasing day by day. When this is the case, many malicious people are trying to defraud people and steal their information by turning this popularity into an opportunity. Malicious applications that have managed to appear in online stores are perhaps the best example of these.
Now the news has revealed that some applications in the Google Play Store, which are used by millions of people, are malicious. In a study, it was stated that some applications found in the Play Store and downloaded by thousands of people contain malware.
Login information is stolen from antivirus applications
According to the statements made by researchers from the cyber security company Check Point, there were more than 15 thousand of them in the Play Store before they were removed by Google. It was stated that 6 different antivirus applications downloaded by many people contain malware called Sharkbot.
It has been reported that this malware can steal users’ login information (such as username and password). Sharkbot, which is a trojan horse, detects that users’ applications such as banks are opened; after that, it can access people’s identity information by imitating the login pages. Sharkbot’s; It is also said that it can provide remote access to devices with features such as seeing SMS and monitoring the clicks you make on the keyboard.
According to the statements, the victims of this antivirus application are mostly people from the United Kingdom and Italy. Also, touching upon how the apps bypassed the Google Play Store’s security, the experts said that the malware did not become active until the app was downloaded; that’s why he states that he is in the store. In addition, the applications were removed from the Google Play Store; but it is reported that it can still be found in other places. For this reason, it is emphasized that people should be careful.
The names of the specified applications are as follows;
- Atom Clean-Booster, Antivirus
- Antivirus, Super Cleaner
- Alpha Antivirus, Cleaner
- Powerful Cleaner
- Center Security – Antivirus
- Center Security – Antivirus
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