The tech giant removes 164 more offending Android apps after banning software showing this type of behavior from the store last year. Researchers discovered the offending apps mimicking legitimate apps to garner downloads, only to then trick the user into seeing a whole bunch of unexpected ads, researchers said. The apps behavior is controlled by a command-and-control JSON hosted on Dropbox, researchers wrote. Google has made significant strides to prevent threat actors from sneaking their rogue apps on Google Play.
Source: https://threatpost.com/google-boots-164-apps-from-play/163091/