Grifthorse Trojanware Collects Millions via Signing Unsuspecting Users Up for Premium Services

Last month, I reported on the news that the Joker trojanware had been put up on sites and tricked many users into downloading it. I even gave a list of current and past trojan apps that you should remove from your phones and tablets.

A trojan app is a program that looks normal. It may even be high-quality, offering a wide range of functions. Most trojans are free in order to get the largest number of users possible and, thus, the biggest payout, but some have a one-time or recurring fee. Trojans are made for just about any category you can think of, and they are sometimes so sophisticated that screening AIs designed to find them...well, they sometimes fail to find them. So, when you decided you wanted to do virtual scrapbooking and downloaded "VR Scrapbook" (which I just made up, so...^TM), you got a functioning scrapbooking program...and it had malware hidden inside it.

Now, another trojan, Grifthorse, has been discovered in 136 innocuous-sounding apps on Google, according to Zimperium zLabs. This set of "trojanized" programs also sign people up for premium services and most people can't get that money back. Millions have been earned by the malware coders responsible. They reported this to Google, which has taken down the trojan apps. Here's the list. If you have any of these apps, please GET RID OF THEM!

100% Projector for Mobile Phone
3D Camera To Plan
Amazing Sticky Slime Simulator ASMR\u200f
Amazing Video Editor
AR Phone Booster – Battery Saver
Bag X-Ray 100% Scanner
Battery Live Wallpaper 4K
Bus – Metrolis 2021
Bus Driving Simulator
Call Blocker-Spam Call Blocker
Call Blocker-Spam Call Blocker
Call Recoder Pro
Call Record Pro
Call Recorder iCall
Caller ID & Spam Blocker
CallerID
Caller-x
CallHelp: Second Phone Number
Chat Translator All Messengers
CIAO – Live Video Chat
Cinema Hall: Free HD Movies
Clap
Clap To Find My Phone
ClipBuddy
Color Call Changer
Coupons & Gifts: InstaShop
CutCut Pro
Daily Horoscope & Life Palmestry
Dating App – Sweet Meet
Easy Bass Booster
Easy TV Show
Ela-Salaty: Muslim Prayer Times & Qibla Direction
English Arabic Translator direct
Face Analyzer
FastPulse – Heart Rate Monitor
FindContact
Fingerprint Changer
Fingerprint Defender
Fitness Point
Fitness Trainer
Forza H Mobile 4 Ultimate Edition
Free Calls WorldWide
Free Coupons 2021
Free Islamic Stickers 2021
Free Translator Photo
FX Keyboard
Geospot: GPS Location Tracker
GetContacter
GPS Phone Tracker – Family Locator
Handy Translator Pro
Heart Rate and Meal Tracker
Heart Rate and Pulse Tracker
Heart Rate Pro Health Monitor
Heart Rhythm
HOO Live – Meet and Chat
Horoscope : Fortune
Hunt Contact
iCare – Find Location
iConnected Tracker
Icony
Idle Gun Tycoo\u202an\u202c
Instant Speech Translation
Intelligent Translator Pro
iSalam Qibla Compass
iTranslator_ Text & Voice & Photo
Keyboard Themes
Keyboard: Virtual Projector App
KFC Saudi – Get free delivery and 50% off coupons
Language Translator-Easy&Fast
Launcher iOS 15
Launcher iOS for Android
Lifeel – scan and test
Live Mobile Number Tracker
Live Wallpaper & Background
Loca – Find Location
Locatoria – Find Location
Locker Tool
Ludo Game Classic
Ludo Speak v2.0
Mine Easy Translator
Mobile Things Finder
My Chat Translator
My Locator Plus
OFFRoaders – Survive
Parallax paper 3D
Phone Caller Screen 2021
Phone Finder by Clapping
Phone Search by Clap
PhoneControl Block Spam Calls
Photo Effect Pro
Photo Lab
Piano Bot Easy Lessons
PikCho Editor app
Plant Camera Identifier
Pony Video Chat-Live Stream
Proof-Caller
Prookie-Cartoon Photo Editor
Pulse App – Heart Rate Monitor
Qibla AR Pro
Qibla Compass
Qibla Compass (Kaaba Locator)
Qibla correct Quran Coran Koran
Qibla direction watch (compass)
Qibla Finder – Qibla Direction
Qibla Pass Direction
Qibla Ultimate
QR Code Reader – Barcode Scanner
QR Reader Pro
R Circle – Location Finder
Racers Car Driver
Safe Lock
Scanner App Scan Docs & Notes
Scanner Pro App: PDF Document
Screen Mirroring TV Cast
Second Translate PRO
Skycoach
Slime Simulator
Smart Call Recorder
Smart Spot Locator
SnapLens – Photo Translator
Soul Scanner – Check Your
Squishy and Pop it
Stickers Maker for WhatsApp
Street Cars: pro Racing
TagsContact
Translate It – Online App
Truck – RoudDrive Offroad
TrueCaller & TrueRecoder
Vector arts
Video & Photo Recovery Manager 2
VPN Zone – Fast & Easy Proxy
What’s Me Sticker
WiFi Unlock Password Pro X
You Frame
Zodiac : Hand
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