Delete this coronavirus app from your Android phone immediately
After a ransomware called CovidLock was spread via social media in disguise of a coronavirus tracking app, a new Android worm has been found that sends SMS to your entire contact list with a link to buy “Corona Safety Mask”. This is a typical worm that spreads to other devices via SMS by luring victims with face masks.
“If the app is installed, it asks the user to click a button that leads to an online portal responsible for selling masks online. There’s the threat that the malware could ask the victim to pay online for the mask and steal the credit card information, but we did not find any such functionality in the app. We believe the app is in its early stages and this (and other) functionalities will be added as the app is updated. The app simply opens an online portal in the default browser,” explained researchers at ThreatLabZ.
This Android worm steals all contacts altogether and sends SMS messages to all the contacts with a download link in an effort to spread itself to more users.