Half a million Android users tricked into downloading malware from Google Play
More than half a million users have installed Android malware posing as driving games — from Google’s own app store.
Lukas Stefanko, a security researcher at ESET, tweeted details of 13 gaming apps — made by the same developer — which were at the time of his tweet downloadable from Google Play.
Two of the apps were trending on the store, he said, giving the apps greater visibility.
Combined, the apps surpassed 580,000 installs before Google pulled the plug.
