Alert, Information Malware Thieves Infiltrate in the Play Store

Android users should be vigilant when downloading apps, even if they are Play Store made by Google itself. Recently revealed there is an application that infiltrated malware or malicious programs in Google's digital store.

Based on the search of Trend Micro antivirus company, the malicious program was called Xavier. The malware has been installed in over 800 free apps in the Google Play Store.

As reported by KompasTekno from Phone Arena, Monday (19/06/2017), Trend Micro reveals that the current malicious program that has been downloaded up to millions of times. Unfortunately, no names of Xavier-compliant apps have been mentioned.

Xavier itself is actually a "library" of advertising. Usually Xavier is installed in a free app for developers to earn money from advertising.

But lately it was revealed that Xavier turned out to have evolved into a malicious and complicated malicious program.

Tren Micro's Traffic Researcher says that Xavier is a type of malicious program that can evade detection devices, has remote code execution, and is able to steal information from within the smartphone it infects.

Information stolen may be e-mail address, handheld device identity, model, operating system, home country of handheld device, manufacturer, SIM card operator, resolution to any application installed.

The researcher also said that infected Android users mostly come from Southeast Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Philippines, and Indonesia.