By Entrepreneur Staff The Belgian Police warned about the return of the ‘Joker’ virus, which attacks Android devices and hides itself in various applications on the Google Play Store. This malware is capable of subscribing the user to payment services without their authorization and emptying their bank accounts without them noticing. “This malicious program has been detected in eight Play Store applications that Google has suppressed,” said the Belgian authorities in a statement published this Friday on their website. It may interest you: Did you get a free ebook for Kindle from Amazon? This new hacking method can access your bank details The ‘Joker’ malware became famous in 2017 for infecting and robbing its victims by hiding in different applications. Since then, the Google Play Store defense systems have removed around 1,700 apps with the ‘Joker’ malware before they were downloaded by users. In September 2020, the ‘Joker’ virus was found in 24 Android …
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