Smartphone Users Cyber Criminals Targeting With Fake Google Chrome App

Fake Google Chrome: Duplicate app named 'Google Chrome' ... Delete immediately

Fake Google Chrome App | Have you recently downloaded the Google Chrome app from the Play Store? However, check if it is a fake. Cyber security experts have identified a fake Google Chrome app.

Hackers are looking for new ways to commit cybercrime. Once hacked with emails, links, messages. Google Chrome app is now being used by cyber criminals for scams. Cyber ​​technology experts say that the malware called Smishing Trojan is being sent to the phone and turning the mobile into a malware super spreader. With this, there is a discussion going on in tech circles about this fake Google Chrome app. Cybersecurity firm Predo has detected the content of this fake Google Chrome app. We have been watching hacking of mobiles for many days by sending spam and phishing links through messages. Now the fake Google Chrome app is turning into a new weapon.

Fraudsters send a message that you have received a parcel of something from abroad and that you need to pay some money for it. If you click on it, you will get a notification that says update your Chrome browser. If it is OK, a new version of the browser, an app will come and reach the mobile. If you make a payment in it ... those details will fall into the hands of hackers. Hackers are already transferring money to that bank account. This is what the Smiling Trojan says.

Losing money is not the only thing. There is one more thing going on here. The same super‌ spreader‌. In addition to hacking into your mobile and hacking your card / bank online details, the Trojan will also take away your mobile messages, contacts and call history details. That Trojan spam message will go from your mobile to your contacts for two to three hours every day. However, it is difficult to remember that the fake app is the same as the original app. Details like the package name can be seen and remembered in the app info.

This fake Google Chrome app was created by hackers who are so armed that even the anti-viruses in the mobile do not recognize it. That's why this problem should not occur ... Observers say the only way is not to trust such links. It is also suggested that you update or install any app from the Play Store or App Store.