A dangerous application for Android smartphones stole user data.
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – March 30, 2021 – Technology
The company’s specialists found malware on the Internet, which was disguised as an Android service. In fact, the application is a Trojan that receives commands from a specific hacker server. The task of the program is to get the maximum amount of data from the compromised device.
The report lists the tasks for which the Trojan is configured. For example, the program can copy messages in messengers, download information from browser bookmarks, check the clipboard, record phone conversations and record sound from the microphone of the device, install applications, extract detailed information about the smartphone. The application is especially dangerous if it gets root access.
Experts noted the danger of the program, noting that to activate it, you must give the application access to a smartphone, ie allow data collection. Therefore, the authors of the report advise downloading tested programs from Google Play and carefully check which rights the program receives. Google representatives, who were consulted by Zimperium experts, said that the described software was never available on Google Play.
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Source: Ukrgate