Researchers have uncovered a new set of fraudulent Android apps in the Google Play store that were found to hijack SMS message notifications for carrying out billing fraud. The apps in question primarily targeted users in Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. The fraudulent apps belong to the so-called “Joker” (aka Bread) malware, which has been found to repeatedly sneak past Google Play defenses over the past four years. Google has removed no fewer than 1,700 infected apps from the Play Store as of early 2020.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2021/04/over-750000-users-download-new-billing.html