Researchers from mobile security firm Lookout say they found at least three apps on the Google Play Store that contained advanced spyware they believe was created by an Iraqi developer. The apps are very hard to spot because they include a fully-working chat application, giving victims no reason to suspect they were infected. At the time of writing, Lookout says they identified over 1,000 variations of SonicSpy, which they believe to be a new version of an older Android spyware named SpyNote.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spyware-apps-found-on-google-play-store/