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2 malware-infected photo apps with 1.5M downloads removed from Google Play
The Next Web GearGoogle has removed two malicious apps with a combined total of over 1.5 million downloads after they were caught serving adware. The apps in question — Sun Pro Beauty Camera and Funny Sweet Beauty Selfie Camera — were also found to have “more advanced functionality than your average adware,” according to researchers at Wandera. Intrusive out-of-app ads are more of an annoyance than a critical threat, but can also cause battery drain and infect devices with malware. The two apps included requests for more permissions than usual, allowing them to record audio without users’ consent and serve full-screen ads even without…
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