More than 500,000 Huawei smartphones infected with malware -

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The Joker malware has not finished making the talk.

After claiming numerous victims through the Play Store, hiding in seemingly innocent apps, the malware is now spreading through Huawei's app store, the AppGallery.

It would have infected more than 500,000 smartphones from the Chinese manufacturer.

No less than 10 applications containing the Joker found themselves on the AppGallery, after having bypassed the security checks of the store.

These innocent-looking apps require extensive permissions during their installation, in order to have some control over the smartphones on which they have been installed.

Thanks to these extensive permissions, infected applications can indeed connect remotely to a server in order to download additional files.

They can also intercept SMS notifications and access their content to retrieve identifiers, for example, or identification confirmation codes of a particular service.

By intercepting text messages, the malware avoids arousing the suspicion of its victims.

Online banking data

The authors of the Joker malware aim to make money.

This is why they will try to subscribe their victims to paid services that they control, but they can also try to recover the bank details of their victims and empty their account.

More than 500,000 Huawei smartphones infected with malware - geeko

Here is the list of fraudulent apps:

  • Superkeyboard (com.nova.superkeyboard)

  • Happy Color (com.colour.syuhgbvcff)

  • Fun Color (com.funcolor.toucheffects)

  • New Keyboard 2021 (com.newyear.onekeyboard)

  • Camera MX (com.sdkfj.uhbnji.dsfeff)

  • Camera BeautyPlus (com.beautyplus.excetwa.camera)

  • Color RollingIcon (com.hwcolor.jinbao.rollingicon)

  • Funney Meme Emoji (com.meme.rouijhhkl)

  • Happy Tapping (com.tap.tap.duedd)

  • Messenger All-in-One (com.messenger.sjdoifo)

If you downloaded any of these apps on your smartphone, hurry up and delete it.

Also remember to run an antivirus to check that your smartphone is not infected with malware.

Also, be sure to use apps from well-known developers and publishers.

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  • Mobile app

  • Smartphone

  • Cybersecurity

  • Computer virus

  • Huawei

  • Application

  • High-Tech

  • Cyber ​​attack