In January, 2020, Google Play Protect detected and removed 1,700 unique Bread apps from the Play Store. Google uses the name Bread for the Joker malware family. The user will never know that they have been subscribed to some service online until they check their bank statements or phone invoice. Joker is capable of clicking on online ads, and asks for SMS permissions during installation so it can access One Time Passwords (OTPs) to secretly approve payments. It was first found in the Play Store in 2017. JokerĪndroid/ was the first major family that specialized in this field. And not only does the number of infections keep going up, so does the sophistication of the malware. At the moment, toll fraud malware-also known as fleeceware-is one of the most prevalent types of Android malware. Toll fraud malware is a subcategory of billing fraud in which malicious applications subscribe users to premium services without their knowledge or consent. The researcher noted that the eight applications that contained this malware had racked up a total of over 3 million downloads. Malware in this family secretly subscribes users to premium services. Security researcher Maxime Ingrao has found a new variant of Android/ which he's dubbed Autolycos.
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