Legit app in Google Play turns malicious and sends mic recordings every 15 minutes

Malcontent · May 24, 2023

An app that had more than 50,000 downloads from Google Play surreptitiously recorded nearby audio every 15 minutes and sent it to the app developer, a researcher from security firm ESET said.

The app, titled iRecorder Screen Recorder, started life on Google Play in September 2021 as a benign app that allowed users to record the screens of their Android devices, ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko said in a post published on Tuesday. Eleven months later, the legitimate app was updated to add entirely new functionality. It included the ability to remotely turn on the device mic and record sound, connect to an attacker-controlled server, and upload the audio and other sensitive files that were stored on the device.
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Legit app in Google Play turns malicious and sends mic recordings every 15 minutes

Rasheed187 · May 27, 2023

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Legit app in Google Play turns malicious and sends mic recordings every 15 minutes
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Wow, this is crazy stuff. On a PC this could be tackled by a tool like SpyShelter which warns about apps getting mic and screen access, I wonder if there is such a thing for Android.

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