Picture: A dangerous Android malware discovered masquerading as a system update

The Android operating system is considered to be the most infected system with viruses and malware, and this is a natural thing since it is the most used system on mobile devices, and again the talk has returned to revolve around a new type of malware and dangerous that may cause a lot of damage to the user and his personal data.

A number of security researchers at the well-known security company "Zimperium" discovered a very dangerous malicious program implanted in a deceptive application directed at Android devices. This "System Update" application that disguises itself as an Android system update is not available on the Google Play Store platform and this is normal because the matter is It is related to an illegal application, but it can be downloaded from other unofficial stores, which poses a danger to the user, as once installed, a notification is sent to the user that the matter is related to a system update, and it is so elaborate that it does not differ outwardly from the official update.

According to experts from the security company Zimperium, the malware can steal messages, contacts, device details, browser bookmarks, search history, call recording, ambient sound from the microphone, and take pictures using phone cameras, and this software can also track the user's location, search for document files, extract the copied data from Device wallet, which threatens the integrity of user data and data.

But the most dangerous point in this malicious program is that it can hide from the user through a clever trick, by reducing the amount of network data it consumes by uploading thumbnails to the attacker's servers instead of the complete image, and one Zimperium expert says that this software Malware is the most advanced yet, and its makers have swapped a lot of effort and time to create it.