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Published to Google Play by the same developer, the two applications, ‘File Recovery and Data Recovery’ and ‘File Manager’, were seen launching without user interaction and silently exfiltrating a trove of sensitive user information. According to Pradeo, the two spyware apps would send out users’ contact list, media content, real-time location, network provider, country code, […]

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In 2022, Kaspersky security solutions detected 1,661,743 malware or unwanted software installers, targeting mobile users. Although the most common way of distributing such installers is through third-party websites and dubious app stores, their authors every now and then manage to upload them to official stores, such as Google Play. These are usually policed vigorously, and […]

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Android users are often advised to get mobile apps from Google Play, the company’s official app marketplace, to minimize the possibility of downloading malware. After all, Google analyzes apps before allowing them on the market. Unfortunately, time after time, we read about malware peddlers finding ways around that vetting process. “Distribution through droppers on official […]

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