Google recently banned 52 Android apps from Google Play that security researchers say were infected with dangerous malware.
The team immediately told Google about the apps and the company has since removed each of them from the Play store. But that was only after hundreds of thousands of Android users had downloaded the apps onto their phones and tablets.
Zscaler’s breakdown of the Joker apps shows that a majority fall into the “communication” category. It might be tempting to try out a brand new messaging app, but unless you know and trust the developer, you really shouldn’t risk it. Most of the other infected apps fall into the tools category .Zscaler offered a detailed technical analysis of one app containing the Joker malware.
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