More than 500,000 users affected by rogue applications on Google Play

A lot of false applications made thousands of users of Android were affected by a malicious virus.

This impressive number of phone users Android operating system was the victim of malicious virus attacks by rogue applications in the online store Google Play, with phishing or phishing, because extracted credentials and personal information of Facebook, said the company Eset, dedicated to the development and marketing of antivirus.Two were identified as many games with that risky functionality: this is Cowboy Adventure Jump and Chess. In a press release, the company explained that security and Cowboy Adventure Jump Chess games are Google Play Store where detected malicious functionality. Unlike other Android malware programs, concerned, as Minecraf false applications, these self-contained functionality, ie. were real games, and includes fraud.It details a window to log into Facebook, so that if the victim falls for the scam, their credentials this social network are sent to the attacker's server when applications open, appears. Clarifies that the search and removed the two applications Store and warns against installing them on Android devices.Therefore the security company advised to download applications from the official Google Play store instead of shopping alternatives or other unknown sources and reliable developers, and check the scores and comments from users.
Likewise, it suggests read the permissions that are asked during the installation, and have a security solution for mobile devices.