Malware continues to evolve.
The recent discovery surrounding the Barcode Scanner app confirms this.
This popular barcode scanner app is infecting Android devices with malware.
This after its latest update.
The malware that circumvented Googles security.
According toMalwarebytessecurity researchers, Barcode Scanner was a harmless app until December 2020.
Apparently around this time the barcode and QR code scanner app received an update.
This update added a malicious code that was not present in previous versions.
In addition, the added code used extensive obfuscation to avoid detection.
The app has more than 10 million downloads from the Google Play Store.
The same was removed from the store.
However, Googles Play Protect service did not notice it.
This because the app used a lot of obfuscation to bypass the security review.
Thus it got the signature of the same digital certificate used in previous versions.
Which meant it came from the same developer LavaBird LTD.
This contributed to Play Protect not detecting and removing it earlier.
Therefore, users should act on their own and remove the app from their phones quickly.
Once there corroborate the apps package name.
If the tool has the package name com.qrcodescanner.barcodescanner, uninstall it immediately.
