Android is again at the center of an extremely serious warning that comes directly from Russia, and this is because we are talking about an extremely dangerous threat that should be on the attention of all people with phones. We're talking about a new type of malware that was created by a group of hackers believed to be supported by the Russian government, and those who use Android on their phones are in real danger now.
Android can be exploited by this malware in such a way that hackers can have access to all the information from people's phones, and in the context of the war in Ukraine, the situation is very serious. From the camera to the microphone, location, photos and video clips from the phones with the Android operating system, this malware can access almost everything we have in the phones, everything remotely, all without us actually knowing what is happening.
Android: WARNING Regarding a New Threat Coming from Russia
Android is meant to protect users, but it's not clear if this malware gives itself permissions to access all the data on phones, or if it asks people to do so. Regardless of the situation, after receiving the permissions, it deletes the icon of the application through which it was installed in the phones, and the only proof of its presence in an Android phone is a notification like the one you see in the image above.
Android is usually infected through applications that are distributed through third-party application stores, but this time the application was distributed through the Google Play Store itself. The application in which the presence of this malware for Android was confirmed had more than 10 million downloads, so we are talking about a very large number of affected users, so you must be very careful, and not install dubious applications in your phones, even if they are in the Google Play Store.
Android has no way of having protection systems implemented by Google against this type of problems, and this is because often the users are the ones who should protect themselves.
