A report from cybersecurity firm Zscaler has discovered over 90 malicious Android apps uploaded to Google Play over the past few months, including a particularly sophisticated trojan called Anatsa.
Collectively, the malware apps have been installed over 5.5 million times.
How Anatsa malware tries to fool Android users
As of Thursday, Google has banned the apps identified in the report, according to BleepingComputer. Anatsa, also known as “TeaBot,” and other malware in the report, are dropper apps that masquerade as PDF and QR code readers, photography, and health and fitness apps. As the outlet reported, the findings demonstrate the “high risk of malicious dropper apps slipping through the cracks in Google’s review process.”
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