Security News > 2021 > February > Malicious Barcode Scanner App

Interesting story about a barcode scanner app that has been pushing malware on to Android phones.

A rash of malicious activity was recently traced back to the app.

Generally, when this sort of thing happens it's because the app was recently sold.

It is frightening that with one update an app can turn malicious while going under the radar of Google Play Protect.

It is baffling to me that an app developer with a popular app would turn it into malware.

Was this the scheme all along, to have an app lie dormant, waiting to strike after it reaches popularity? I guess we will never know.

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/02/malicious-barcode-scanner-app.html