Although it is somewhat repetitive to talk about malware, spyware and other fauna that populate at ease on Android, it seems that for now we are going to continue talking about the continuous risks to the security of users who make use of this operating system . The latest malware discovered by Kaspersky Lab, which affects Android, is capable of track everything we do in our terminal.
ZooPark, as it has been baptized in this malware, is the fourth most updated version of this malware, a malware that began to circulate in mid-2015 Accessing only the contacts of our terminal and the accounts that we had stored in our team. But as the years have passed, it has evolved until you can fully access the entire terminal, and when I say everything, that's everything.
ZooPark in its fourth version is capable of accessing the records of our device, the search history, the photographs, videos, audios, screenshots, in addition to the conversations that we have through WhatsApp and Telegram thanks to the fact that it is capable to install keyloggers that they record all the activity we do with our terminal, including all the keystrokes we make on the screen, and therefore on the keyboard. It is also capable of opening a back door on the device with which we can access all the data of the terminal, in addition to allowing us to make calls or send SMS.
Fortunately, this malware is not in circulation as if it were another malware, but according to the firm Kaspersky, this It has been designed to attack and obtain data from specific targetsEspionage between countries being one of its main uses, but it can also be extended to industrial espionage, the Middle East being where it has begun to become a state problem. At the moment, no way has been found to be able to detect or remove it from the device, so when in doubt, it is best to change the phone directly.