Android Apps are Stealing You

• Working together with security researchers, a Motherboard investigation found that more than 20 Android apps in the Google Play Store were actually spyware that may have been developed for the Italian government. The apps were disguised as offering promotions from cell phone providers, but installed malware to steal data from devices and also left phones vulnerable to additional hacking;
• Legal experts and law enforcement sources told Motherboard that the apps appear to have flouted Italian laws permitting the use of spyware in certain circumstances;
• After being alerted by the researchers, Google took the apps off the Play Store. The company says it found 25 different versions of the spyware dating back to 2016.

https://www.wired.com/story/google-play-store-malware-problem-security-roundup/

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