Prisma app for Android users was launched about a week ago, since then it has become one of the most used photo editing apps but with fame comes haters (just like when hackers added (Fake Pokémon Go app on Android store containing RAT) and Prisma has caught the attentions of cyber criminals as IT security researchers at ESET have identified not one but several fake Prisma apps infecting users with different but dangerous trojan. The security team at Google Play store have since removed those apps but the fact is that 1.5 million users have already downloaded those infected apps. ESET also noted that most of the fake apps had no photo editing function rather they infected users’ device with adware and malware. In some cases, some of the infected Prisma apps tricked users into visiting survey sites stealing their personal information and signing them up for bogus and expensive SMS services. One Prisma app was discovered with a capability of displaying fake messages on screen alerting users that their smartphone has been infected with a virus which can be removed by downloading an anti-virus. The anti-virus link provided in the warning message was itself malicious.

What a world...full crooks and constars

All you gotta do if you have downloaded that shit is to format you device