FAKE GOOGLE UPDATE: Android warns users.

FAKE GOOGLE UPDATE: Android warns users.

 

Android warning as fake google update steals personal data from 337 apps

Malware targets popular apps including Netflix and Tinder

Android smartphone users have been warned about a fake Google update that could steal your personal data.

Researchers from ThreatFabric said the update - known as BlackRock - targeted 337 apps, including Tinder and Netflix.

They said its targets included social, networking, communication and dating, the Mirror reports

Users are being advised to check their phone update is from Google before they grant access to any of their information.In a blog about the findings, the researchers said: “One of the interesting differentiators of BlackRock is its target list; it contains an important number of social, networking, communication and dating applications.“So far, many of those applications haven't been observed in target lists for other existing banking Trojans.

“It therefore seems that the actors behind BlackRock are trying to abuse the grow in online socialising that increased rapidly in the last months due to the pandemic situation.”

The malware, dubbed BlackRock, starts by hiding its icon from the app drawer, making it invisible to the user.

It then poses as a fake Google update, and requests access to your apps.

If you grant this request, the malware can access your personal data within those apps, including your messages.

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