New Android Malware Discovered
A new Android malware family on the Google Play Store that secretly subscribes users to premium services was downloaded over 3,000,000 times.
The malware, named ‘Autolycos,’ was discovered by Evina’s security researcher Maxime Ingrao to be in at least eight Android applications, two of which are still available on the Google Play Store at the time of this writing.
The two apps still available are named ‘Funny Camera’ by KellyTech, which has over 500,000 installations, and ‘Razer Keyboard & Theme’ by rxcheldiolola, which counts over 50,000 installs on the Play Store.
Extended List:
- Vlog Star Video Editor (com.vlog.star.video.editor) – 1 million downloads
- Creative 3D Launcher (app.launcher.creative3d) – 1 million downloads
- Wow Beauty Camera (com.wowbeauty.camera) – 100,000 downloads
- Gif Emoji Keyboard (com.gif.emoji.keyboard) – 100,000 downloads
- Freeglow Camera 1.0.0 (com.glow.camera.open) – 5,000 downloads
- Coco Camera v1.1 (com.toomore.cool.camera) –1,000 downloads
Safe guard against these threats, Android users should monitor background internet data and battery consumption, keep Play Protect active, and try to minimize the number of apps they install on their smartphones.
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Update 7/13/2022: Google has removed the two remaining adware applications from the Play Store shortly after the publication of this post.
Source: BleepingComputers