Google recently removed 145 apps from the official Google Play app store because they were discovered to be harboring malicious Windows malware files.
According to security researchers from Palo Alto Networks, the majority of the infected apps were released on Google Play between October 2017 and November 2017.
This means that the apps have been available in Google Play for more than six months. At the point of their removal, some of the infected apps have more than 1,000 installs and even 4-star ratings!
The most interesting part about this whole affair is that Android gadgets are actually safe from these infected apps. Yep, if you've downloaded and installed any of these Android apps, your phone or tablet is actually immune from the embedded malware.
However, if you've transferred and unpacked the app to a Windows PC, then your machine is vulnerable to attacks.
No comments:
Post a Comment