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Talk about iOS (usually) to be synonymous with Talk about security. But there is no infallible operating system. In the case of Android, we are quite accustomed to the fact that occasionally Some type of malware in Play Storebut in Apple’s application store this is not common.
For the first time, a malware capable of reading screenshots has been found in App Store. Is, According to Kasperskythe first case detected of an app published in APP Store capable of using technology to extract image text using Google technology.
The Antivirus company has explained that this malware is part of a campaign that sought to attack users to find cryptographic keys. The severity of the matter comes from the distribution method: applications infected with both iOS and Android. In the case of Android, these apps exceeded 240,000 downloads.
These apps were varied and did not follow a thematic pattern. Some were “Chat AI”, other Delivery apps, others of messaging … Some of these applications had thousands of downloads in the Apple application store.
What was its operation? In both cases, the same. Apps executed technology OCR of Googlea Google Cloud solution capable of recognizing text automatically. Once we gave apps gallery permits, they were able to look for text in our images and send it to the server.
Thus, the attackers were made with cryptocurrency wallet passwords or with phrases and recovery codes of any app. From Kaspersky they affirm that “they cannot confirm with certainty that the infection has been the result of an attack on the supply chain or a deliberate action of developers.”
Similarly, they point out that there may still be apps with this malware available in application stores. As we always indicate from Xataka, it is crucial not to give gallery permits to apps in which we do not trust 100%.
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