365Telugu.com Online News, September 15th, 2023: Kaspersky has said in its reports that a version of Telegram containing Trojan malware has been detected in the Google Play Store. A Trojan is a spyware. This form of Telegram app is called Evil Telegram.
Malware is now commonplace in Android apps. A list of such Android apps containing malware comes out every day. Google filters them from time to time. However, no reduction is seen in malware apps.
Now Kaspersky, the anti-virus software company’s security agency, has said in its report that it has found a version of Telegram in the Google Play Store that comes with Trojan malware. A Trojan is a spyware. This form of Telegram app is called Evil Telegram.
The Evil Telegram app has now been removed from the Google Play Store, but earlier this app was downloaded by more than one crore people, the report said.
This app is uploaded by Chinese developers. Evil Telegram developers claim that it is faster than the original Telegram app. The app contains malicious code that transmits users’ personal information to developers.
Apart from ID, nickname, name, phone number, contact list of Telegram app users, it is also reading text messages. Trojan malware code was detected from this app code.
This app is reading the ID of incoming messages. Monitored every message. Evil Telegram app tgsync.s3. A temporary file is created that contains all the information about the users. Developers have access to this information.