Security News > 2017 > August > Google pulls 500+ backdoored apps from Google Play (Help Net Security)
2017-08-23 17:16
Security researchers have identified over 500 apps on Google Play containing an advertising software development kit (SDK) called Igexin, which allowed covert download of spying plugins. The apps in question represent a wide selection of photo editors, Internet radio and travel apps, educational, health and fitness apps, weather apps, and so on, and were downloaded over 100 million times across the Android ecosystem. Malicious third-party code “Typically, mobile apps use advertising SDKs to make it … More →
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