Many new malicious Android apps crop up, delete them now before they steal your data and cash
If you’ve downloaded an interesting-looking Android app from Google Play anytime in the last few weeks that for one reason or another felt… kind of sketchy, you might want to check out our latest list of malicious titles caught red-handed by various security researchers employing different data and money-stealing tricks.
The bulk of those reviews are most likely fabricated, mind you, with a number of others correctly identifying the app as a “fraud” or “total fake”, highlighting one of the easiest ways to avoid these types of dangers. But before elaborating on that, let’s break down the list promised above in two smaller lists.
Here are the newest malicious Android apps you need to get rid of
- Document Manager
- Coin track Loan – Online loan
- Cool Caller Screen
- PSD Auth Protector
- RGB Emoji Keyboard
- Camera Translator Pro
And these are some slightly older apps also discovered carrying malware
- Fast PDF Scanner
- Air Balloon Wallpaper
- Colorful Messenger
- Thug Photo Editor
- Anime Wallpaper
- Peace SMS
- Happy Photo Collage
- Original Messenger
- Pellet Messages
- Smart Keyboard
- Special Photo Editor
- 4K Wallpapers
Unfortunately, we can’t say the same about the first group, which includes at least three apps that managed to break into the five-digit Google Play download territory at one point or another. In theory, that puts tens of thousands if not more than 100,000 Android users in danger of having money, passwords, and other types of personal information stolen without mercy.
Their tricks are taken straight from “popular” Joker and Hydra playbooks, in case you’re wondering, collecting…