'Smart TV remote' Android app on Google Play is malware

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/careful-smart-tv-remote-android-app-on-google-play-is-malware/

This week, Tatyana Shishkova, Android malware analyst at Kaspersky disclosed the names of two Google Play apps that are laced with Joker malware.

At least one of these apps, 'Smart TV remote' has been installed over 1,000 times thus far since its publication on October 29th.

According to Shishkova, these apps are trojanized with the Joker malware: