These are apps that silently steal your personal information

According to the Wall Street Journal, these apps have attracted more than 60 million installs. These softwares belong to many different topics such as weather applications, QR code readers, etc. However, they all contain malicious code capable of stealing personal information on users’ devices.

Before being removed from the Play Store, these malicious apps attracted more than 60 million downloads (Image: Tom’s Guide).

Security experts say these software illegally collect a lot of data, including location, email address, phone number. This malicious code is also capable of scanning information from the clipboard and files stored in the device.

Currently, these malicious applications have been removed from CH Play. However, if you accidentally installed them before, you should delete them immediately to avoid information disclosure. This list of 11 apps includes:

– Speed ​​Camera Radar

– Al-Moazin Lite

– WiFi Mouse (remote control PC)

– QR & Barcode Scanner

– Qibla Compass – Ramadan 2022

– Simple weather & clock widget

– Handcent Next SMS – Text w/MMS

– Smart Kit 360

– Al Quran Mp3 – 50 Reciters & Translation Audio

– Full Quran MP3 – Ramadan 2022

– Audiosdroid Audio Studio DAW

Recently, security experts have continuously discovered a series of malicious software containing malicious code on the CH Play application store. This shows that Google’s user protection measures are still too lax, while phishing tricks are becoming more and more sophisticated.