Joker Malware Attack Latest Update: Joker malware has infected more than 50 apps on the Google Play Store, Zscaler Threatlabz stated in a report on Thursday. Google immediately took the measure and removed all the infected apps from its app store. If you have any of those apps on your smartphone, you must uninstall them right away.
The Zscaler ThreatLabz team further noted that the Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families were recently found to be spreading through apps. However, these malicious apps have been deleted from the Google Play Store when the ThreatLabz team immediately alerted the Google Android Security team of these newly discovered dangers.
Joker is a malware that primarily infects various apps on Android mobile devices. This malware manages to get into Google’s official app store by periodically updating its trail signatures, which also includes updates to the virus’s code, execution processes, and payload-retrieval techniques.
After getting into user’s phones, the virus then steals the victim’s contacts, device data, and SMS messages, and then sign the victim up for pricey wireless application protocol (WAP) services.
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