Developers of malicious mobile apps are arguably some of the most creative people you’ll find — they have to be in order to keep finding ways to sneak their wares past the guardrails of app marketplaces like the Google Play Store and to trick unsuspecting users into downloading them. Meanwhile, a new report about the mobile app malware landscape points to a rising threat that’s among the most creative approaches of all — it’s less of a hassle to convince people your app is legit when you just straight up hide it from appearing on the phone at all, right?
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Some mobile apps have found a brilliant way to sneak malware onto your phone originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 5 Mar 2020 at 17:02:12 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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