Malware in Google Play Store

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Hundreds of malicious Android apps with 60 million downloads found spamming Android users with ads and stealing credentials

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Bitdefender has discovered hundreds of malicious apps on the Google Play Store that were used in a massive ad fraud campaign.

There are at least 331 bad apps in total and together, they’ve been downloaded over 60 million times right from Android ’s official app store.

Besides spamming ads, some of these bad apps can also launch phishing attacks which are designed to persuade potential victims to hand over their passwords or worse, their credit card information.

Malicious apps are one of the easiest ways to gain access to the sensitive personal and financial information stored on your smartphone. However, if you’re very selective about which apps you install and keep the ones you do regularly updated, you’ll be less likely to fall for this kind of attack..

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