These 13 Android apps are capable of taking over your phone; delete them now!،
Here we go again. THE McAfee Mobile Research Team (via Deadline) discovered 25 applications containing the Xamalicious malware. Some of these apps were installed directly from the Google Play Store and Google removed them even before McAfee publicly disclosed their names. Most of the applications infected by Xamalicious are found in the following categories: games, health, horoscope and productivity.
If you don't think Apple is against sideloading for security reasons and you just don't want to miss collecting the 30% Apple tax, read this slowly. Although Google has removed Xamalicious-infected apps from the Play Store, McAfee claims that most apps are still available on third-party Android app stores. Harking back to the late Steve Jobs' comments, Apple made it clear that allowing sideloading of apps takes those apps out of Apple's purview, thereby preventing it from keeping infected apps out of your iPhone. End of the sermon.
This Android app infected with Xamalicious malware has been installed more than 10,000 times
Apps infected with Xamalicious malware use “social engineering” to gain accessibility privileges that allow the user's device to communicate with a command-and-control server, all without the owner's knowledge. the device. At this point, a second payload is downloaded to the phone that will “take full control of the device and potentially perform fraudulent actions such as clicking on ads, installing apps, among other financially motivated actions without the user's consent.” 'user “.
Although the infected apps are no longer available on the Play Store, if you have already installed the apps, you should uninstall them immediately. The 13 apps removed from the Google Play Store include:
- Essential Horoscope for Android – 100,000 downloads
- 3D Skin Editor for PE Minecraft – 100,000 downloads
- Logo Maker Pro – 100,000 downloads
- Auto Click Repeater – 10,000 downloads
- Count Easy Calorie Calculator – 10,000 downloads
- Sound Volume Expansion – 5,000 downloads
- LetterLink – 1,000 downloads
- NUMEROLOGY: PERSONAL HOROSCOPE AND NUMBER FORECASTS – 1,000 downloads
- Step Keeper: Easy Pedometer – 500 downloads
- Track your sleep – 500 downloads
- Sound Volume Booster – 100 downloads
- Astrological Navigator: Daily Horoscope & Tarot – 100 downloads
- Universal Calculator – 100 downloads
Three of these apps have been installed over 100,000 times and two have been installed over 10,000 times. So do yourself a favor and go through your apps and make sure you don't have any of these titles on your Android phone. You might have malware on your Android phone if you notice your phone heating up at inappropriate times and your battery draining too quickly.
Xamalicious malware is used to turn your phone into a lucrative tool for cybercriminals. Don't let this happen to your phone. Simply browse the list of installed apps on your Android device for the 13 titles listed above. If there is a match, uninstall these apps immediately.
