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Security researchers from a software company, Symantec, recently discovered two new sets of malicious apps on the Google Play store . The first set of seven apps seems to have been re-uploaded under different names after being reported earlier. The other set of 38 apps, disguised as games and education apps, redirected victims to install other apps from the Play Store. They display advertisements and aim to drive traffic to some sites and the blog URLs are loaded in the background without the knowledge or permission of the user. There's also another set of 15 malicious apps reported that seem to open ads and download payload without the consent of the user. All these apps wait four hours before launching the “malicious activity” to evade any user suspicion. One may think that this may be because the people behind these apps may be using some sophisticated technology to fool Google. But, you may be surprised to know that the only thing these people do is to change the...

New Android Trojan could be stealing your data through mobile instant messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, Twitter , Skype and other IM clients.This malware was detected by security researchers from Trustlook, a cyber-security firm. A report published on Monday describes the new malware is not as sophisticated as those discovered previously and has limited capabilities. The malware can effectively hide its configuration file and some of its modules to evade detection. researchers noted that this After infecting the app, the malware tries to modify the “/system/etc/install-recovery.sh” file to enable its execution, each time the app is opened. It seems that the primary purpose of this malware is to steal data from messaging apps, which is later uploaded to a remote server. The trojan retrieves the IP of this server from a local configuration file. Here’s the list of apps that could be affected by this malware: Facebook Messenger Twitter Skype Telegram Messenger Te...