Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com July 11, security personnel Pradeo recently discovered that there are two malicious applications disguised as file managers in Google's Play market.

▲ diagram source Pradeo

▲ image source Pradeo is reported that the two malicious applications, named "File Recovery & Data Recovery" and "File Manager", will ask users for permission after installation, and then will permanently collect user information in the system background.

▲ diagram source Pradeo

▲ image source PradeoPradeo said that the two malware will collect address book lists, social networking site accounts, GPS geographic location information, photo albums and video files, specific phone models, operating system versions, operators, mobile phone numbers, etc., and transmit them to the hackers.

Security officials claimed that the two apps had been downloaded 1 million times and more than 500,000 times respectively, and CTOnews.com learned after inquiry that the two apps had been removed by Google as of press time.

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