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A surge of Pokemon Go-related apps is out to steal your data

Unofficial Pokemon Go apps offer cheats, tips and even songs from the popular game. But in exchange, they demand permission to access sensitive data on your phone. The apps can collect contacts lists, photos and even login credentials to social media accounts. They can even take control of a phones camera and microphone. Any data collected could be traded for profit on the black market, a security engineer said. Users should be watchful over the permissions the apps ask for, he said.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3095706/a-surge-of-pokemon-go-related-apps-is-out-to-steal-your-data.html

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