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Scammers are taking advantage of the Minecraft sandbox video game’s wild success by developing Google Play apps which appear to be Minecraft modpacks, but instead deliver abusive ads, according to researchers.
Since July, Kaspersky researchers have found more than 20 of these apps and determined that they have been downloaded on more than a million Android devices. [...]
Because Minecraft was designed in Java, it was easy for third-party developers to create compatible applications or “modpacks” to enhance and customize the gaming experience for players. Gamepedia said that today, there are more than 15,000 modpacks for Minecraft available.
Among those 15,000 Minecraft mods lurk at least 20 that Kaspersky researchers were able to identify as malicious. Google Play has removed all but five of the malicious titles, Kaspersky said: Zone Modding Minecraft, Textures for Minecraft ACPE, Seeded for Minecraft ACPE, Mods for Minecraft ACPE and Darcy Minecraft Mod are still up and available.
Google has not responded to Threatpost’s request for comment.
‘Minecraft Mods’ Attack More Than 1 Million Android Devices
Fake Minecraft Modpacks on Google Play deliver millions of abusive ads and make normal phone use impossible.
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