Beware — all these apps are dangerous and must be removed. Here’s what to know.
An alarming new warning for iPhone and Android users has just hit users, with a cybersecurity firm warning that apps in bothsays that while “infected apps have been downloaded more than 242,000 times from Google Play. This is the first known case of a styler getting into the App Store.” I have approached both Google and Apple for any response to the new report and confirmation that infected apps have been fixed.
The threat is international, with “the very first application that seemed suspicious to us was an application for food delivery to the UAE and Indonesia called ComeCome ,” and one can expect it will spread quickly. The malware can load “different OCR models depending on the system language to distinguish Latin, Korean, Chinese and Japanese characters in the pictures.”
The infected apps can be found in Kaspersky’s report, and all will likely be patched now these findings have been published. The package names are below — it’s worth a scan to see if you recognize any of the names that might be installed on your phone.If you have any of the apps, delete them and reinstall them when updated — certainly do not use them. “The Trojan is particularly dangerous because nothing gives out a malicious implant inside the application,” Kaspersky says.
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