Google Boots Multiple Malware-laced Android Apps from Marketplace
Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant.
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Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant.
The company is warning victims in Italy and Kazakhstan that they have been targeted by the malware from Italian firm RCS Labs.
The info-stealing trojan used SMS messages and lifted contact credentials to spread with unprecedented speed across Android devices globally since December 2020.
Malware borrows generously from code used by other botnets such as Mirai, Qbot and Zbot.
Two powerful trojans with spyware and RAT capabilities are being delivered in side-by-side campaigns using a common infrastructure.