What kind of spyware does Android face

Android is undoubtedly the most widely used operating system for mobile devices. It is estimated that more than 2 billion active devices each month. This does not go unnoticed by cybercriminals. It is precisely here, in the sectors with more users, where they set their sights. For this reason, malware unfortunately abounds and they are increasingly varied.

As we have seen, there is a wide variety of malware. Not all act the same and they do not arrive by the same means. The first thing we have to do is have security programs and tools. There are many antivirus for this operating system. Thanks to them, we will be able to face possible threats that put the proper functioning of our devices at risk.

You should also pay close attention to phishing. SMS, emails or messages through social networks that reach us. Cybercriminals can sometimes impersonate banks and other companies in a very exact way. But of course, as we say, phishing is not the only malware that we should worry about, as is spyware, which is equally dangerous and that is why we will see a developer who has been creating applications that can generate problems with Spywares which already has more than 100 million installs on the Play Store.

The spyware developer is Hangzhou-based QuVideoInc, This app its very popular application called VivaVideo. This free video editing app, has its three apps available on the Play Store. They are also in the Apple App Store, but permission violations on iOS devices cannot happen that easily.

Cybersecurity professionals have said that these types of applications have Trojans hidden within the applications that can steal bank information from users without their knowledge. Like they identified that more than six applications from the same developer that should be used with caution. After analyzing these apps, they have over 157 million installs on the Google Play Store and the number of these apps is huge.

These applications that were released are called Tempo, SlidePlus, VivaCut, VidStatus, VivaVideo PRO Video Editor HD and VivaVideo which are potentially dangerous especially if you have an Android system and if you have some of these applications it is best to remove them and thus avoid possible security risks.

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