The Researchers uncover dozens of Android applications distributed through the Google Play Store that infect user’s smartphones with the Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families.
Google protect has detected dozens of fraudulent apps from the official Play Store which were speading oker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families via various marketplace.
The latest findings from Zscaler ThreatLabz and Pradeo are stated the same.
Joker is one of the most prominent malware families targeting Android devices. “Despite public awareness of this particular malware, it keeps finding its way into Google’s official app store by regularly modifying the malware’s trace signatures including updates to the code, execution methods, and payload-retrieving techniques.”
There are 53 in number and not limited to Joker malware families. Some of them belongs to Facestealer, and Coper malware families.
Simple Note Scanner – com.wuwan.pdfscan
Universal PDF Scanner – com.unpdf.scan.read.docscanuniver
Private Messenger – com.recollect.linkus
Premium SMS – com.premium.put.trustsms
Smart Messages – com.toukyoursms.timemessages
Text Emoji SMS – messenger.itext.emoji.mesenger
Blood Pressure Checker – com.bloodpressurechecker.tangjiang
Funny Keyboard – com.soundly.galaxykeyboard
Memory Silent Camera – com.silentmenory.timcamera
Custom Themed Keyboard – com.custom.keyboardthemes.galaxiy
Light Messages – com.lilysmspro.lighting
Themes Photo Keyboard – com.themes.bgphotokeyboard
Send SMS – exazth.message.send.text.sms
Themes Chat Messenger – com.relish.messengers
Instant Messenger – com.sbdlsms.crazymessager.mmsrec
Cool Keyboard – com.colate.gthemekeyboard
Fonts Emoji Keyboard – com.zemoji.fontskeyboard
Mini PDF Scanner – com.mnscan.minipdf
Smart SMS Messages – com.sms.mms.message.ffei.free
Creative Emoji Keyboard – com.whiteemojis.creativekeyboard.ledsloard
Fancy SMS – con.sms.fancy
Fonts Emoji Keyboard – com.symbol.fonts.emojikeyboards
Personal Message – com.crown.personalmessage
Funny Emoji Message – com.funie.messagremo
Magic Photo Editor – com.amagiczy.photo.editor
Professional Messages – com.adore.attached.message
All Photo Translator – myphotocom.allfasttranslate.transationtranslator
Chat SMS – com.maskteslary.messages
Smile Emoji – com.balapp.smilewall.emoji
Wow Translator – com.imgtop.camtranslator
All Language Translate – com.exclusivez.alltranslate
Cool Messages – com.learningz.app.cool.messages
Blood Pressure Diary – bloodhold.nypressure.mainheart.ratemy.mo.depulse.app.tracker.diary
Chat Text SMS – com.echatsms.messageos
Hi Text SMS – ismos.mmsyes.message.texthitext.bobpsms
Emoji Theme Keyboard – com.gobacktheme.lovelyemojikeyboard
iMessager – start.me.messager
Text SMS – com.ptx.textsms
Camera Translator – com.haixgoback.outsidetext.languagecameratransla
Come Messages – com.itextsms.messagecoming
Painting Photo Editor – com.painting.pointeditor.photo
Rich Theme Message – com.getmanytimes.richsmsthememessenge
Quick Talk Message – mesages.qtsms.messenger
Advanced SMS – com.fromamsms.atadvancedmmsopp
Professional Messenger – com.akl.smspro.messenger
Classic Game Messenger – com.classcolor.formessenger.sic
Style Message – com.istyle.messagesty
Private Game Messages – com.message.game.india
Timestamp Camera – allready.taken.photobeauty.camera.timestamp
Social Message – com.colorsocial.message
The android users are recommended to remove the above applications from their device which have been installed at any form whether from Office store or side-loaded.
Reference:
https://blog.pradeo.com/pradeo-identifies-app-joker-malware-google-play