{"id":157754,"date":"2021-01-19T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T07:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trezor-crypto-wallet-warns-users-of-doppelganger-scam-app-on-google-play\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T07:49:30","slug":"trezor-crypto-wallet-warns-users-of-doppelganger-scam-app-on-google-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trezor-crypto-wallet-warns-users-of-doppelganger-scam-app-on-google-play\/","title":{"rendered":"# Trezor crypto wallet warns users of doppelg\u00e4nger scam app on Google Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Trezor crypto wallet warns users of doppelg\u00e4nger scam <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> on Google Play <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDEvNWRiNzJiMTYtNjBhNy00ODQ5LTk3ZWItY2I3NjBlNjMzZDk4LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>Trezor, a major hardware cryptocurrency wallet supplier, has warned its users about a fake Trezor application on Google Play.<\/p>\n<p>According to Trezor, the fake app is malicious and has no relation to Trezor or SatoshiLabs, a company that created the Trezor wallet. Announcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> on Jan. 18, Trezor asked its clients to not install the malicious application, reminding users that they should never share their seed phrase with anyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Warning to all Trezor owners using Android devices!<\/p>\n<p>This app is malicious and has no relation to Trezor or SatoshiLabs. Please, don&#8217;t install it.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that you should never share your seed with anyone until your Trezor device asks you to do it! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6C3iKfPDnR\">pic.twitter.com\/6C3iKfPDnR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trezor (@Trezor) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trezor\/status\/1351123945911705602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Trezor also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trezor\/status\/1351123948239544322?s=20\">provided<\/a> its users with a short manual on using Trezor wallet with Android. In the manual, the company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.trezor.io\/User_manual:Using_Trezor_with_Android\">listed<\/a> major third-party Trezor apps including Mycelium, Sentinel or Walleth.<\/p>\n<p>At publishing time, the malicious app is still available on Google Play. As of Jan. 18, the app was reportedly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/T3naciousC\/status\/1351142881541713924?s=20\">downloaded<\/a> more than 1,000 times. The doppelg\u00e4nger app also has about 200 reviews on the app store, with the majority warning that it is a scam. \u201cThis app is a scam. Never enter your recovery phrase in anything except an official hardware Trezor. Anyone that asks for this phrase (besides a physical Trezor) is trying to scam you),\u201d one supposed user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trezor did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to Cointelegraph\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that a fake app has been listed on Google Play. In May 2019, Cointelegraph reported on a malicious Google Play app imitating Trezor wallet. The app was found by ESET antivirus researchers, who said that they expect more crypto scam apps to enter the Android store as the crypto market grows.<\/p>\n<p>Online scammers have been targeting other popular crypto companies to impersonate their apps on Google and steal money from users. In May 2020, a cybersecurity researcher discovered 22 malicious Google Chrome extensions imitating crypto services like Trezor\u2019s rival Ledger and major Ether (ETH) wallet MetaMask.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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According to Trezor, the fake app is malicious and has no relation to Trezor or SatoshiLabs, a company that created the Trezor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDEvNWRiNzJiMTYtNjBhNy00ODQ5LTk3ZWItY2I3NjBlNjMzZDk4LmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75571,74862,74863,75190,74879,39382,117,26293],"class_list":["post-157754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-applications","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-hardware-wallet","tag-wallet","tag-android","tag-business","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}