Security News > 2020 > February > Android pulls 24 ‘dangerous’ malware-filled apps from Play Store
Researchers from VPN Pro recently discovered the bad apps when looking into the dangerous permissions that popular free antivirus apps request.
As the researchers kept digging into the excessive, unnecessary, dangerous permissions these apps ask for, the name Hi Security popped up again.
Shenzhen HAWK is behind the two dozen apps on VPN Pro's list of apps to steer clear of, some of which are known for containing malware and rogueware.
After Google got a heads-up from a Forbes writer on Tuesday, it yanked all of the 24 apps in the Shenzhen network from the Play store.
As we've noted before when covering rogue apps in Play Store, Google often doesn't seem to notice the problem at all until researchers report the apps for malicious or exploitative behavior.
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