Be especially careful with apps installed on your device. Some people try to steal user data with the aim of falling into an online scam. Specifically, a total of 17 malicious applications were detected.
These applications contain malicious code (malware) If it is installed on your phone, you should delete it as soon as possible. They are usually financial applications that can provide personal loans of up to 20,000 euros.
Watch out for this one Programming Harmful
From a companyA program from ESET, they called it this program Malicious code Like SpyLoan. In this way, they refer to their job as Spying programs In conjunction with loan claims.
At first, the apps may seem trustworthy. In fact, some, like GayabaCash, have a website that looks legitimate. However, they do search for user access to collect and filter data such as credit card data.
ESET NOTICE YOU SHOULD NOTE ABOUT THESE APPS
ESET warns that “it is important to note that each instance of a given SpyLoan application behaves similarly.” This is due to their “identical core code”.
In other words, when users download an app, they will experience the same features and may face the same risks “regardless of where they got the app.”
“It doesn't matter if the download comes from a suspicious website, app store, or Google Play,” the company adds. In this sense, “behavior will be the same in all cases.”
These are the 17 apps that steal your data
Here are 17 apps that you should uninstall from your phone immediately to avoid facing this problem:
– aa credit
– Omar Cash
– dinner
– Big wallet
– Believe the bus
– Easy credit
– Easy cash
– Guayaba Cash
-Flash loan
– Go credit
– Credit Loans-Umicash
– Credit loans
– Instant loan
– Fast credit
– 4S cash
– Real naira
– Finupp Lending
This is how app scams work
When a user installs the SpyLoan app, it asks you to accept the terms and grant permissions to access your personal and confidential data. Then registration is requested and the password is verified via SMS.
Registration forms select the country code from the code in the phone number. After verifying the number, users can access the loan application feature in the app.
To complete this process, the user must provide your personal information (address, contact, income, bank account, etc.), as well as upload photos of your ID or selfie. All of this is recorded in apps to track scams.
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