Security News > 2017 > March > Google Eliminates Android Adfraud Botnet Chamois (Threatpost)
2017-03-14 19:40
Google removed a family of malicious apps, Chamois, from its Play marketplace recently that were found manipulating ad traffic.
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http://threatpost.com/google-eliminates-android-adfraud-botnet-chamois/124311/
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