A recent report highlights the alarming number of 2.5 million dangerous apps being installed on Android devices monthly. Dubbed 'Kaleidoscope,' this threat involves cyber criminals creating benign apps on the Google Play Store while distributing malicious copies through third-party sources. These replicas fool users into downloading them, leading to severe implications like intrusive ad placements under legitimate app IDs. The report underscores the need for vigilance among users and cites a new list of apps to delete to enhance safety, following Google's recent removal of numerous harmful applications.
The attackers' payday comes via those advertisers who have no idea their ads are being pushed out at an industrial scale to infected phones.
The new threat is dubbed 'Kaleidoscope - due to its constant transformations as it tries to evade detection and analysis.'
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