Cybersecurity experts have drawn attention to a malicious app disguised as an image editor that has already been downloaded by more than 5,000 users.
Although Google Play is a safe and trusted platform, even with the greatest care, malicious software can still find its way into the online store by circumventing the security system. A Bleeping Computer spottedthat an application containing malicious code has appeared on the market, masquerading as an image editing program and trying to lure victims away.
The Blender Photo Editor-Easy Photo Background Editor has already been deleted by Google, but more than 5000 users have already installed it on their device. As the Bleeping Computer if you have downloaded the dangerous app, you should delete the app from your mobile phone as soon as possible, run anti-virus software and change your Facebook password for security.
As we have already reported at, a few days ago, an alert was issued in this country due to the recurrence of a pest called FluBot. The virus, which used to spread in the form of bogus text messages, is this time masquerading as a security update to gain access to users' financial and banking details.
It's worth being on the lookout, because according to experts at the Swiss security firm PRODAFT, by March 2021, around 60,000 devices had been infected by the Flubot android malware, and no less than 11 million phone numbers had been stolen.