More than 400 malicious apps infiltrate Google Play

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinSep 30, 2016, 8:05 pm187 pts
Enlarge (credit: Curious Expeditions) Google Play was recently found to be hosting more than 400 apps that turned infected phones into listening posts that could siphon sensitive data out of the protected networks they connected to, security researchers said Thursday. One malicious app infected with the…

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