Immediately remove these 17 malicious applications from your smartphone if you have accidentally installed them.

Experts from security research firm ESET (Slovakia) have just discovered 17 malicious applications that were distributed directly by hackers on the Google Play app store for the Android platform.

It is known that these 17 malicious applications masquerade as financial and lending applications, but in fact they are designed to attack and steal user data. ESET said that the personal information stolen by hackers will be used for the purpose of fraud or blackmailing victims.

Một ứng dụng độc hại có hơn 5 triệu lượt tải xuống trên Google Play. Ứng dụng này cũng được chia sẻ trên AppStore.

A malicious app has over 5 million downloads on Google Play. The app is also shared on the AppStore.

Before being discovered, these 17 malicious applications had been downloaded more than 12 million times from the Google Play app store. The largest number of users came from countries such as Indonesia, India, Thailand, Mexico... and especially Vietnam.

As of now, Google has removed these malicious apps from the Google Play store. However, if you have installed any of the malicious apps listed below, you should remove them immediately:

- AA Credit

- Amor Cash

- GuayabaCash

- EasyCredit

- Cashwow

- CrediBus

- FlashLoan

- PrestamosCredit

- Credit Card Payments

-YumiCash- Go Credit

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