Dangerous Joker virus was hiding in Google Play applications. Users that granted quite wide range of permissions to selected applications had found out their bank accounts were pretty lean, due to the fact that application was stealing money.

Joker virus registered its victims on sites requiring paid subscriptions. The theft of money from the account consisted of intercepting the SMS code, after which the credit card was charged with small amounts, which reached out to sever dozens PLN a month.

According to the Chip portal, citing the CSIS company, the virus was discovered in 24 applications in the Google Play Store, and the number of downloads reached a figure of half a million.

Applications that were infected with the virus include Advocate Wallpaper, Antivirus Security - Security Scan, Cute Camera, Rapid Face Scanner, as well as Board picture editing, Certain Wallpaper. The good news is that these applications have already been removed from the store.