Android Application Store Google PlaySecurity experts have identified 32 apps that contain harmful “badnews” bugs. Phones with BadNews applications (malware) were installed on the phones by sending premium rate text messages to the financial loss of the user. Citing security agencies lookout BBC Reportedly, these malicious programs remain dormant or inactive for a few weeks after being installed on the smartphone to avoid being caught.

Really “bad news” for Android users!

It initially behaves like an advertising network so that application developers can easily place it in their program as a way to make money. Badnews then encourages customers to download other harmful apps. Whether it works or not, in a few days the malware installs the message sender software “Alpha SMS” showing false information as an update to Skype or any other app which would later destroy the phone account balance through premium text.

The news agency further said, Malware Mainly Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and some other countries in Eastern Europe Android It was distributed to the customers on purpose. It is difficult to calculate exactly how many consumers have been affected by this. However, according to Lookout, about 2 to 9 million copies of BadNews-infected applications have been downloaded from Google Play.

According to a blog post, Badnews bugs have been introduced in many types of software. The company has found it in recipes, wallpapers, games and pornographic programs. The identified 32 apps are from different developer accounts In the Play Store Was uploaded. But very recently Google Suspiciously deleted them. However, the Android maker has not yet made any official comment on the matter.