- May 4, 2019
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For the past few years, cyber-criminals have strengthened their efforts to have malicious applications listed on Google Play Store – the world's most trafficked Android app source. While the platform's security checks have improved through the years, our research still uncovers malicious apps that use a vast array of tricks to bypass these checks.
This is the case of a new malware campaign on the Google Play Store where numerous apps use false pretexts to lure victims into installing them, only to change their name and aggressively serve ads afterward.
Real-Time Behavior-Based Detection on Android Reveals Dozens of Malicious Apps on Google Play Store
For the past few years, cyber-criminals have strengthened their efforts to have malicious applications listed on Google Play Store – the world's most trafficked Android app source.
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