Q4 2025 Malware Trends: Telegram Backdoor, Banking Trojans Surge, Joker Returns to Google Play

Telegram mods spread a powerful Android backdoor as banking trojans surge and Joker malware resurfaces on Google Play in Q4 2025, says Doctor Web...

EUVD-2009-3043

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EUVD-2009-3044

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77 malicious apps removed from Google Play Store

Google has removed 77 malicious apps from the Google Play Store. Before they were removed, researchers at ThreatLabz discovered the apps had been installed over 19 million times. One of the malware families discovered by the researchers is a banking Trojan known as Anatsa or TeaBot. This banking...

CVE-2009-3060

Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in Joker Board aka JBoard 2.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via 1 the notice parameter to editform.php, 2 the editusermessage parameter to core/editusermessage.php, or 3 the usertitle parameter to...

CVE-2009-3059

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Joker Board aka JBoard 2.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via 1 core/select.php or 2 the city parameter to topadd.inc.php, reachable through sboard.php...

These 28+ Android Apps with 10 Million Downloads from the Play Store Contain Malware

As many as 30 malicious Android apps with cumulative downloads of nearly 10 million have been found on the Google Play Store distributing adware. "All of them were built into various programs, including image-editing software, virtual keyboards, system tools and utilities, calling apps, wallpaper...

Several New Play Store Apps Spotted Distributing Joker, Facestealer and Coper Malware — The Hacker News

Google has taken steps to ax dozens of fraudulent apps from the official Play Store that were spotted propagating Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families through the virtual marketplace. While the Android storefront is considered to be a trusted source for discovering and installing apps,...

Google Boots Multiple Malware-laced Android Apps from Marketplace

Google has removed eight apps from its Google Play store that were propagating a new variant of the Joker spyware, but not before they already had garnered more than 3 million downloads. French security researcher Maxime Ingrao of cybersecurity firm Evina discovered a malware that he dubbed...

Toll fraud malware: How an Android application can drain your wallet

Toll fraud malware, a subcategory of billing fraud in which malicious applications subscribe users to premium services without their knowledge or consent, is one of the most prevalent types of Android malware – and it continues to evolve. Compared to other subcategories of billing fraud, which...

Toll fraud malware: How an Android application can drain your wallet

Toll fraud malware, a subcategory of billing fraud in which malicious applications subscribe users to premium services without their knowledge or consent, is one of the most prevalent types of Android malware – and it continues to evolve. Compared to other subcategories of billing fraud, which...

Another Set of Joker Trojan-Laced Android Apps Resurfaces on Google Play Store

A new set of trojanized apps spread via the Google Play Store has been observed distributing the notorious Joker malware on compromised Android devices. Joker, a repeat offender, refers to a class of harmful apps that are used for billing and SMS fraud, while also performing a number of actions o...

Over 500,000 Android Users Downloaded a New Joker Malware App from Play Store

A malicious Android app with more than 500,000 downloads from the Google Play app store has been found hosting malware that stealthily exfiltrates users' contact lists to an attacker-controlled server and signs up users to unwanted paid premium subscriptions without their knowledge. The latest...

Malicious Joker App Scores Half-Million Downloads on Google Play

The Joker malware is back again on Google Play, this time spotted in a mobile application called Color Message. The app was downloaded more than 500,000 times before its removal from the store. Users should immediately delete Color Message from their devices to avoid being defrauded, researchers ...

Updated Joker Malware Floods into Android Apps

The Joker mobile trojan is back on Google Play, with an uptick in malicious Android applications that hide the billing-fraud malware, researchers said. It’s also using new approaches to skirt past Google’s app-vetting process. Joker has been around since 2017, disguising itself within common,...

Watch out Android users as Joker malware is back on Play Store

By Deeba Ahmed In the past three years, the Joker malware has made headlines quite frequently by invading applications available on Google Play Store. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch out Android users as Joker malware is back on Play Store...

Over 750,000 Users Downloaded New Billing Fraud Apps From Google Play Store

Researchers have uncovered a new set of fraudulent Android apps in the Google Play store that were found to hijack SMS message notifications for carrying out billing fraud. The apps in question primarily targeted users in Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, attracting a total of 700,000...

Hackers Tampered With APKPure Store to Distribute Malware Apps

APKPure, one of the largest alternative app stores outside of the Google Play Store, was infected with malware this week, allowing threat actors to distribute Trojans to Android devices. In a supply-chain attack similar to that of German telecommunications equipment manufacturer Gigaset, the...

This Week in Security News - March 19, 2021

Joker’s Latest Ploy and NFT Digital Art Is Already Attracting Hackers...

Joker's Stash, The Largest Carding Marketplace, Announces Shutdown

Joker's Stash, the largest dark web marketplace notorious for selling compromised payment card data, has announced plans to shut down its operations on February 15, 2021. In a message board post on a Russian-language underground cybercrime forum, the operator of the site — who goes by the name...