Google has removed 29 malicious camera apps from the Google Play Store according to security company Trend Micro. Researchers identified 29 Android camera apps, many of them 'beauty apps,' that compromised user security, including presenting full-screen malicious advertisements when the user's phone was unlocked and potentially keeping user images on remote servers. Of the 29 apps, 11 were downloaded more than 100,000 times, and of those instances, three were downloaded more than 1,000,000 times...
Google has removed 29 malicious camera apps from the Google Play Store according to security company Trend Micro. Researchers identified 29 Android camera apps, many of them 'beauty apps,' that compromised user security, including presenting full-screen malicious advertisements when the user's phone was unlocked and potentially keeping user images on remote servers. Of the 29 apps, 11 were downloaded more than 100,000 times, and of those instances, three were downloaded more than 1,000,000 times...
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