Malware-Laced App Lurked on Google Play For a Year

guest · Nov 12, 2018

Malware-Laced App Lurked on Google Play For a Year
November 12, 2018
https://threatpost.com/malware-laced-app-lurked-on-google-play-for-a-year/139015/

An Android app booby-trapped with malware was recently taken down from Google Play — after being available for download for almost a year.

The trojan was discovered by ESET malware researcher Lukas Stefanko, wrapped into an app called the Simple Call Recorder. The main purpose of the malware was to trick the user into installing an additional app, which purported to be an Adobe Flash Player Update.

“Simple Call Recorder lasted on the Google Play almost for a year, which is really a long time before being removed, if we consider that the app contained flashplayer_update.apk string inside,” said Stefanko in a Monday post.
[...] In addition to call-recording functionality, the app contains malicious code responsible for downloading and installing additional apps.
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