Delete them immediately: Joker trojan detected in 6 mobile apps!
With the huge development of the mobile industry, there has been a serious increase in the number of malicious software that threatens user security. At this point, hackers began to prefer fake applications containing trojans to infiltrate users’ devices. As this is the case, such malicious software started to be removed from various application stores, especially the Google Play Store.
A recent example of this has happened recently. 6 mobile applications that were found to contain the trojan named Joker were removed from the Google Play Store. Here are the details…
Joker trojan detected in 6 mobile apps
Unfortunately, the Android operating system is more open to potential threats due to its open source code. In line with this, malware is uploaded to the Play Store to infiltrate users’ devices by somehow passing through Google’s controls.
After the increase in such incidents, application stores were scrutinized by various security companies in order to keep user security at the highest level. In this direction, applications that are found to be harmful are reported to Google, while users are warned against the possibility of pre-installation.
Pradeo Security, one of these companies, recently announced that they detected the Joker trojan, which victimized users at many points such as capturing user information in 6 applications, signing up for unwanted premium services, and contacting Google without wasting time. These applications were then removed.
Here are 6 removed mobile apps:
- Safety AppLock,
- Convenient Scanner 2,
- Push Message-Texting&SMS,
- Emoji Wallpaper,
- Separate Doc Scanner,
- Fingertip GameBox,
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