Security News > 2017 > December > Password Stealing Apps With Over A Million Downloads Found On Google Play Store
2017-12-13 11:03
Even after so many efforts by Google like launching bug bounty program and preventing apps from using Android accessibility services, malicious applications somehow manage to get into Play Store and infect people with malicious software. The same happened once again when security researchers discovered at least 85 applications in Google Play Store that were designed to steal credentials from
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