Malicious software "hides" in your phone and works silently – Spider Alankabout – Lebanon News – Australia News

Malware is a growing problem for smartphones, but the risk lies in their ability to "hide" once they have become more sophisticated.

Google Play recently released two malware-containing applications for banks and banks, the Mirror newspaper reported.

According to the information, an application contaminated by malware is related to the supply of energy, while the second concerns currency conversion.

Trend Micro, an anti-virus company, said the apps were using a malicious program that looked like encrypted software called Anubis.

This malicious program can avoid Google's antivirus test because it is hiding in applications that appear to be free of malware.

Of course, after the download of the application, it will communicate with the control and monitoring server, then silently load and in the background, the user's trick to run the malicious program later.

The application uses the phone's sensor data to monitor the movement and if nothing is noticed, it will not work.

But when you notice a movement, the application asks the user to install the new update, which is actually a malicious software package.

After pressing the Accept and Play button, the application starts, allowing the transfer of each character printed on the mobile phone to the party that designed the malicious program.

Trend Micro think that the use of the bank's application will endanger personal information. If it runs for a relatively long period, it will be able to collect enough information to allow it to work on your bank account and on other accounts.

According to Trend Micro, the Battery Saver Moby Battery Saver app has been downloaded about 5,000 times before being removed from Google Play. She received 4.5 stars and 73 notes were written.