HYDERABAD: Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITy) has issued a virus alert for Goldoson Android Malware, which belongs to the Android banking trojan category.
Goldoson is found to be affecting official Google Play Store and Android's applications (apps) through the malicious attacks.
The virus is affecting the official Google Play Store and Android's applications through the malicious library, which belongs to a third party and utilized by developers in their application, the Ministry said.
It is also capable of collecting sensitive information from multiple applications on the devices.
Once it infects the device, it would begin to collect sensitive data about installed applications and the history of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connected devices, GPS location, etc.
It can also execute ad-fraud by clicking the advertisement for various web pages without the user's consent or knowledge.
