Malware found in APKPure app, an alternative to Google’s Play Store. Researchers say it looks like a variant of the Triada trojan first spotted by Kaspersky in 2016 [1, 2], capable of spamming users of infected devices with ads and delivering additional malware. The malware was embedded within an advertisement SDK included with APKpure version 3.7.18.18. The developers have released the app without the malicious code. Kaspersy says it has so far blocked the malware on the devices of 9,380 Android users.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-malware-found-embedded-in-apkpure-store-application/