Pokmon Go smartphone app, released last week, is already a smash hit. It uses augmented reality to display virtual creatures – in real-world locations, called Pokestops – that players can capture, train and trade. The game’s rapid rollout and breakaway success has sparked some information security, physical security and privacy concerns. Police in O’Fallon, Mo., say that a group of four individuals apparently used that feature to lure other players to remote locations with the intention of robbing them.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/pokemon-go-mayhem-privacy-muggings-malware-a-9256