Squid game, the rearmost dystopian fantasy show on Netflix has been the talk of the city since the once many weeks. So much so that it has inspired smartphone apps, wallpapers, Halloween costumes, and much further. One thing that presumably the makers did n’t want-Squid Game has also inspired numerous cybercriminals. According to a recent discovery by an ESET experimenter, an app for Squid Game wallpapers on the Google Play Store was installing the Joker malware on numerous Android phones.
According to Lukas Stefanko, the ESET experimenter who flagged the issue to Google, the app was installing the malware on Android smartphones. It was downloaded at least times before Google took down the “ Squid Game Wallpaper 4K HD”app from its app request. Anyone downloading the app was falling to a expensive SMS trap, where the app could also download and execute native libraries and APK loads, in order to take control of the affected smartphones. Stefano said that there are further than 200 apps grounded on Squid Game on the Google Play Store.
The Joker malware has been around for times. The malware allows bushwhackers to subscribe up druggies for precious services. The experimenters say that the trouble lurks around given the fashionability of the Netflix show, and advised druggies to take a conservative approach while downloading Squid Game apps.