The password stealing application has millions of downloads on the Google Play Store by a-jimynguyen

technology · @a-jimynguyen · Dec 23 '17

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The password stealing application has millions of downloads on the Google Play Store

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<h3><strong>Recent case studies show that attempts to stop malicious applications using Google's Android platform have not worked.</strong></h3>
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<p>&nbsp;Applications that contain malicious code to steal user information</p>
<p>Again, security researchers have discovered at least 85 applications available on the Google Play Store designed to steal passwords of Russian social networking users, even those that have already been downloaded. about millions of times. <br>
One of the most downloaded apps ever was a game, uploaded to the Play Store in March, 2017. And seven months later, the author added malicious code to the application's update, which allegedly steals user information.</p>
<p>Other applications out of 85 malicious applications, there are 7 applications with installed from 10,000 to 100,000 machines, 9 applications from 1,000 to 10,000 installs.</p>
<p>According to experts, the applications used the official SDK from VK.com but changed a bit to insert malicious javascript code to steal information on the login screen.</p>
<p>Stolen information will be encrypted and uploaded to a server controlled by the attacker. The attack is thought to have been around for quite some time when malicious applications were posted to the Play Store more than two years ago. To attack, the hacker simply modifies the application to insert malicious code.</p>
<p>The best way to avoid that is to carefully check the permissions required by the application before downloading it, and also use&nbsp; <a href="http://bullguard.btis.vn/">anti-virus software for smartphones</a> &nbsp;to prevent bad situations.&nbsp;</p>
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