Google play app downloads malware

a spammy but legit-looking dating app on Google Play with 50mil(!) downloads – I’d imagine malicious ads are partly responsible for that number, maybe via an affiliate?

The apps containing the malicious Igexin ad SDK received more than 100 million downloads. Over 70,000 Android devices are estimated to have been infected and used to power a botnet thanks to downloads from the Google Play Store.

27 Sep 2019 NEW DELHI: Twenty-nine malicious apps have been discovered on Google Play Store with a collective download count of more than 10 million 

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12 Nov 2019 Malware from Google Play apps found in Android phones As a quick reminder, adware is software that displays or downloads advertising 

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Kaspersky researchers reported that the app in question was CamScanner, "a phone-based PDF creator that includes OCR (optical character recognition).”

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1 Dec 2018 Two apps containing malware were promoted by Google in the Play Store, and 11 others were also found with malware. 22 Aug 2019 Contacts-slurping Android malware sneaked onto Google Play store – twice The number of downloads of Radio Balouch's app was noted by  28 Oct 2019 Newly discovered 42 malicious apps on Google Play store (Pictur 5) Always download apps from Google Play or Apple App store only. 15 May 2017 It was there for several weeks and was downloaded more than 500,000 times. Every infected app from Google Play with this type of malicious  29 Sep 2019 A new crop of malicious apps available through Google's Play Store has been unearthed, and the offenders have been downloaded over 500  27 Sep 2019 NEW DELHI: Twenty-nine malicious apps have been discovered on Google Play Store with a collective download count of more than 10 million 

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