Malicious Android Apps From Google Play Store Steal The SMS verification Code From Notifications

guest · Oct 24, 2019

Malicious Android Apps From Google Play Store Steal The SMS verification Code From System Notifications
October 24, 2019
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Researchers uncovered a new malicious Android app from the Google play store that disguised as a Photo Beautification App steal the SMS verification code and activate the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) billing.

In recent research discovered in Play store names as “Yellow Camera” that posed as poses as a camera and photo beautification or editing app embedded with a routine process that reads SMS verification codes from the System Notifications.
The app downloaded more than 10,000 times, and also user wrote a review that he lost his phone credits after installing this app “The app doesn’t deserve any star rating”.
Activate a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Billing
The main motivation of this malicious app to activate a WAP billing by reading the system notification. WAP-billing services are widely used as an alternative payment method for users to buy content from WAP-enabled sites.

These WAP billing services charge directly to the user’s phone bill or credits without having to register for services, use credit or debit cards, and this is very convenient for fraudsters.
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Trend Micro: Fake Photo Beautification Apps on Google Play can Read SMS Verification Code to Trigger Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)/Carrier Billing

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