His team Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered fifty applications that are dangerous cases with embedded code from the malware Joker, Facestealer and Coper and they are a threat to you!
Το Google Play Store it is usually considered as one of the safest sources for users to find and install some Android apps. However, malware threats continue to evolve their tactics, and quite a few Hackers under the guise of Developer, they are able to successfully upload dangerous malware applications to Google Play Store.
Recently, his team Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered many apps that are dangerous cases with embedded code from the malware Joker, Facestealer and Coper that are spreading continue to spread unabated. His team ThreatLabz notify her immediately Security team at Google Android for these newly detected new threats and immediately remove the malicious applications from the Google Play Store.
However, since there is a possibility that you have already installed some of these dangerous applications on your devices, it would be a good idea to take a look at the list below, and immediately delete from your device as many of the applications listed in the list we give you .
What is Joker Malware?
The Joker is one of the most prominent malware families targeting Android devices. Despite public awareness of this particular malware, the Hackers those behind its development continue to find ways to upload it to the official Google app store, regularly modifying the malware's detection signatures, including updates to its code, execution methods, and payload recovery techniques.
This malware is designed to steals SMS messages, contact lists and information of Android devices, and manages to enroll the victim in various premium wireless application protocol (WAP) services, charging them monthly without their knowledge.
In fact, over the past two months, security researchers at ThreatLabz discovered the following malicious applications (See the list) in the Google Play Store that were infected with the Joker.
The list of 50 apps you should delete immediately
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SimpleNoteScanner – com.wuwan.pdfscan |
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Universal PDF Scanner – com.unpdf.scan.read.docscanuniver |
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PrivateMessenger – com.recollect.linkus |
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Premium SMS – com.premium.put.trustsms |
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smart messages – com.toukyoursms.timemessages |
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Text Emoji SMS – messenger.itext.emoji.messenger |
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Blood Pressure Checker – com.bloodpressurechecker.tangjiang |
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Funny Keyboard – com.soundly.galaxykeyboard |
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Memory Silent Camera – com.silentmenory.timcamera |
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Custom Theme Keyboard – com.custom.keyboardthemes.galaxiy |
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light messages – com.lilysmspro.lighting |
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Themes Photo Keyboard – com.themes.bgphotokeyboard |
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Send SMS – exazth.message.send.text.sms |
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Chat Messenger Themes – com.relish.messengers |
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Instant Messenger – com.sbdlsms.crazymessager.mmsrec |
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cool keyboard – com.colate.gthemekeyboard |
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Fonts Emoji Keyboard – com.zemoji.fontskeyboard |
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MiniPDF Scanner – com.mnscan.minipdf |
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Smart SMS Messages – com.sms.mms.message.ffei.free |
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Creative Emoji Keyboard – com.whiteemojis.creativekeyboard.ledsloard |
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Fancy SMS – con.sms.fancy |
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Fonts Emoji Keyboard – com.symbol.fonts.emojikeyboards |
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personalmessage – com.crown.personalmessage |
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Funny Emoji Message – com.funie.messagremo |
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Magic Photo Editor – com.amagiczy.photo.editor |
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Professional Messages – com.adore.attached.message |
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All Photo Translator – myphotocom.allfasttranslate.transactiontranslator |
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SMS chat – com.maskteslary.messages |
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smile emoji – com.balapp.smilewall.emoji |
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Wow Translator – com.imgtop.camtranslator |
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All Languages Translated – com.exclusivez.alltranslate |
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Cool Messages – com.learningz.app.cool.messages |
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Blood Pressure Diary – bloodhold.nypressure.mainheart.ratemy.mo.depulse.app.tracker.diary |
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ChatTextSMS – com.echatsms.messageos |
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Hello Text SMS – ismos.mmsyes.message.texthitext.bobpsms |
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Emojis Theme Keyboard – com.gobacktheme.lovelyemojikeyboard |
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iMessage – start.me.messanger |
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Text SMS – com.ptx.textsms |
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Camera Translator – com.haixgoback.outsidetext.languagecameratransla |
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Eat Messages – com.itextsms.messagecoming |
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painting photo editor – com.painting.pointeditor.photo |
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Rich Theme Message – com.getmanytimes.richsmsthemessenge |
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Quick Talk Message – messages.qtsms.messenger |
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Advanced SMS – com.fromamsms.ataadvancedmmsopp |
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ProfessionalMessenger – com.akl.smspro.messenger |
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Classic GameMessenger – com.classcolor.formessenger.sic |
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Message style – com.istyle.messagesty |
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Private Game Messages – com.message.game.india |
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Timestamp Camera – allready.taken.photobeauty.camera.timestamp |
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SocialMessage – com.colorsocial.message |
The ThreatLabz has discovered as you can see in the table above, more than 50 dangerous apps on the Play Store so far that are infected with Joker. All of the above apps were downloaded over 300k times all together, and usually fall into one of the following common categories:
- Contact
- Health
- Personalization
- Photo
- Tools
Here is the breakdown of the number of applications by category:
The application categories as tools and communication, were generally among the most targeted categories covering the majority of applications infected by Joker.
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