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WARNING FOR BILLIONS OF ANDROID USERS – FULL LIST OF 50 ‘JOKER’ APPS TO AVOID ON
GOOGLE PLAY STORE


 * Charlotte Edwards, Senior Technology and Science Reporter

 * Published: 21:24, 20 Jul 2022
 * Updated: 21:29, 20 Jul 2022

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ANDROID users are being warned about several apps from the Google Play Store
that could infect their device with malicious software.

Google is said to have taken steps to remove the apps but if you've already
downloaded any your phone could be at risk.

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According to researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz, some of the bad apps use
malicious 'Joker' software.

They explained: "Recently, the Zscaler ThreatLabz team discovered apps involving
multiple instances of the Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families
spreading in the virtual marketplace.

"The ThreatLabz team immediately notified the Google Android Security team of
these newly identified threats, and they promptly removed the malicious apps
from the Google Play Store."

A full list of the Joker apps in question can be found below.


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 2.  Universal PDF Scanner - com.unpdf.scan.read.docscanuniver
 3.  Private Messenger - com.recollect.linkus
 4.  Premium SMS - com.premium.put.trustsms
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 48. Private Game Messages - com.message.game.india
 49. Timestamp Camera - allready.taken.photobeauty.camera.timestamp
 50. Social Message - com.colorsocial.message

Although Google is said to have removed them, the security researchers think the
apps have been downloaded over 300,000 times.



They fall into the categories of communication, health, personalization,
photography and tools.

If you're partial to downloading apps like this on your Android device you may
want to check your phone.

Joker malware can steal one-time login codes from your messages or subscribe you
to costly services without your consent.


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The security experts added: "Most commonly, threat actors disguise the Joker
malware in messaging applications that require users to grant escalated access
permissions by allowing them to serve as the default SMS app on the user's
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"The malware uses these advanced permissions to carry out its operations."

To avoid apps like this you should always read the reviews on app stores,
research the app and make sure you're downloading from an official source.



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