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Google Play malware used phones motion sensors to conceal itself

Two Google Play apps recently caught dropping the Anubis banking malware on infected devices would activate the payload only when motion was detected first. Google removed them once it learned they were malicious. The latest version of Anubis has been distributed to 93 different countries and targets the users of 377 variations of financial apps to farm account details. People are better off sticking to a small number of apps from well-recognized developers, Trend Micro says. The quality of malicious Android apps is improving, and Android users should continue to think carefully.”]

Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/google-play-malware-used-phones-motion-sensors-to-conceal-itself/

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