Monday 17 February 2020, Poradnik bezpieczeństwa

Apps from the Google Play Store stole access to social media accounts

Lost24

Cybersecurity company Trend Micro has made listed dangerous apps in the Google Play Store. The case concerns 9 applications that posed danger to the users of Android phones.


The purpose of the application was to speed up the phone, but users were actually exposed to hacking their Google and Facebook accounts. According to the Next portal, apps could download 3,000 different types of malware.


Applications were removed from the Google Play Store, users who had one of the following apps installed should scan their phone with an antivirus program:
•    com.boost.cpu.shootcleaner (Shoot Clean-Junk Cleaner, Phone Booster, CPU Cooler)
•    com.boost.superclean.cpucool.lite (Super Clean Lite- Booster, Clean&CPU Cooler)
•    com.booster.supercleaner (Super Clean-Phone Booster,Junk Cleaner&CPU Cooler)
•    com.h5games.center.quickgames (Quick Games-H5 Game Center)
•    com.party.rocketcleaner (Rocket Cleaner)
•    com.party.rocketcleaner.lite (Rocket Cleaner Lite)
•    com.party.speedclean (Speed Clean-Phone Booster,Junk Cleaner&App Manager)
•    com.linkworld.fast.free.vpn (LinkWorldVPN)
•    com.games.h5gamebox (H5 gamebox)