The four malicious Android apps discovered this time include Bluetooth Auto Connect, with over 1,000,000 installs, Bluetooth App Sender, with over 50,000 downloads, Driver: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, with over 10,000 installs and Mobile transfer: smart switch, with over 1,000 installs. In total, four apps are listed, and together they have amassed at least one million downloads," Nathan Collier, Senior Malware Intelligence Analyst at Malwarebytes wrote in a blog post. "A family of malicious apps from developer Mobile apps Group are listed on Google Play and infected with Android/. The developer was allowed to publish apps after submitting cleaned versions. Shockingly, the developer Mobile apps Group is still active on the official Google Play Store dispensing its "HiddenAds" malware. ![]() Older versions of these malware apps were previously detected as different variants of Android/Trojan.HiddenAds. ![]() These malicious Android apps have been developed by a common developer named Mobile apps Group. ![]() A group of malware apps that are capable of phishing attacks have been discovered to be on the Google Play Store with installations of as many as one million downloads, say security researchers at American Internet security company Malwarebytes Labs.
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