Comment on Google Play apps with as many as 2.6m downloads added devices to botnet

Google Play apps with as many as 2.6m downloads added devices to botnet

Enlarge (credit: portal gda) Google has booted eight Android apps from its Play marketplace, even though the apps have been downloaded as many as 2.6 million times. The industry giant took action after researchers found that the apps add devices to a botnet and can perform denial-of-service attacks or other malicious actions. The stated purpose of the apps is to provide a skin that can modify the look of characters in the popular Minecraft: Pocket Edition game.

 

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