Despite the high degree of protection that the Android system provides to its users, it is natural that there are some security vulnerabilities that may lead to penetration of users' privacy and access to many important data.
Where researchers from the company "ESET" for electronic security warned of the emergence of a new "Spyware" program capable of recording phone calls, accessing the camera, reading some messages and deleting files.
As this spy program is known as “Android / Spy-C23.A” and the process of connecting it to the target phones is done through fake applications that are downloaded from fake stores. According to the British newspaper, “Mirror” these applications deceive users by disguising themselves in the form of well-known applications such as “Telegram”, “threema” and “AndroidUpdate”, in order to successfully hack devices.
The "APT-C-23" group, which created this spying program, specifically targeting the Middle East region, was famous for creating many spy applications starting in 2017 targeting Android devices and some Windows applications.
On the other hand, "Lucas Stavenko", who works as a researcher at the "ESET" company, said that experts had discovered a fake app store that spread such malicious programs, and urged Android phone users to download applications from the official Google Play Store only.
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