Android is targeted by a new extremely serious alert, the Google operating system being in the center of attention because of a very serious problem that many people should know about. Specifically, a new ingenious idea of malware hackers is used to spread an Android malware that is extremely dangerous, and the popularity of a Netflix series is used to fool people all over the world.
Squid Game is Netflix's most popular series at the moment, with over 142 million accounts on the video-on-demand streaming platform watching it so far. The huge number of people following Squid Game gave the hackers behind the Joker malware the idea to spread it on Android hidden in several applications that are presented as being created specifically to promote this now extremely popular series.
Android ALERT, Millions of People Are Now Targeted
These Android applications are mainly distributed through third-party application stores at the moment, but there are also some in the Google Play Store, and it is not yet clear how many people are affected by them. It is not clear how many malware applications there are in the Google Play Store at the moment, but IT security experts say that Android users must be extremely careful what Squid Game applications they install on their phones.
"With such success, the use of the series name is an absolute claim. And there are many who want to customize their mobile with Squid Game stickers, avatars and wallpapers. Be careful, because it is curious that there is not a single official Squid Game app, but there are around 200 apps related to the series in the Google Play Store alone. And one of them was 'hunted' as a fraud."
Android is a safe operating system until people start giving apps permissions they don't normally need, giving malware control over phones. These malware applications that exploit people's interest in Squid Game are based on exactly this, giving people unfettered access to certain phone functions, and the end result is the theft of information, money, and not only that.
Google is trying to help Android users to know how to better protect themselves against these problems, but people also need to know how to do this themselves.
