{"id":15094,"date":"2019-04-15T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/news-8843\/"},"modified":"2019-04-15T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:00:02","slug":"news-8843","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/news-8843\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Play and Microsoft Stores Delete Suspected Compromised Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:00:24 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Recently, Google Play Store and Microsoft Store both deleted multiple applications from their online stores, because the apps were malicious. Google deleted a total of\u00a029 beauty camera apps from its Play Store<\/a>,\u00a0most of which\u00a0show users pornographic contents or send them to phishing websites<\/a>. The malicious beauty camera apps, discovered by Trend Micro, looked legitimate, but once installed did their dirty work and were difficult to uninstall.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Microsoft Store also deleted eight cryptojacking apps, which included Fast-search Lite, FastTube, and Clean Master, among others. When downloaded and installed, the apps\u00a0activated the Google Tag Manager in their domain servers<\/a>,\u00a0which then triggered the cryptomining scripts. Cryptojacking is a type of malicious activity that uses someone else\u2019s device for illegally mining cryptocurrency\u2014in this case, your device<\/em>, if you installed one or more of these apps.<\/p>\n

With reports like these of malicious and fraudulent apps being posted on different online stores, users need to make sure their Android and Windows devices are secured from such threats.\u00a0While Google and Microsoft do their best to guard against such apps, users shouldn\u2019t take for granted that even official stores are completely clean of them.<\/p>\n

The solution is to install app protection on your devices.\u00a0Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0is a leading security product that protects your mobile device against loss, data theft, and viruses. It proactively scans apps you wish to install from the Google Play Store and tells you if they\u2019re safe. You can also manually scan apps already installed and delete them if they\u2019re found to be malicious.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Trend Micro Security<\/a> (TMS) will protect you from malicious or infected apps on Windows machines. Apps downloaded from Microsoft Store are scanned by TMS on disk for malicious code or infections, during the installation process, and upon execution. Any malicious files in such apps are deleted from your device.<\/p>\n

Go to Trend Micro Security for Home<\/a> for more information on our endpoint security solutions, or to buy Trend Micro Security products for your desktop and mobile devices.<\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 12:00:24 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Recently, Google Play Store and Microsoft Store both deleted multiple applications from their online stores, because the apps were malicious. Google deleted a total of\u00a029 beauty camera apps from its Play Store,\u00a0most of which\u00a0show users pornographic contents or send them to phishing websites. The malicious beauty camera apps, discovered by Trend Micro, looked legitimate, but…<\/p>\n

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