Researchers from Avast found three new stalkerware apps that have been installed tens of thousands of times; and they are yet to be removed from Google Play store. Stalkerware is often used to secretly monitor employee or life partners. Google has pulled from Play store the remaining three stalker apps reported by Avast today, a representative told BleepingComputer. On rooted devices they can also collect WhatsApp and Viber messages, Avast says in a blog post today. The apps are not top-of-the-line apps and need to be added manually to the target device.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stalkerware-apps-on-google-play-installed-over-130-000-times/