There are lot of malware found in Android in past but this one is the latest and its called DressCode. The malware is not only present in apps downloaded from third party store even on apps present in Google play store. As per researchers the DressCode malware is present in 40 Google play apps and 400 apps which are present in third party app store.
The company says that the oldest DressCode-infected apps in the Google Play store date back to April 2016, with some of them reaching anywhere from 100,000 to 500,000 downloads. This malware again do the same thing like without your knowledge it can send and recieve the files but also it can create a traffic for some websites as commanded. Check out the video below explaining how it works.
Google has removed the affected apps, but Check Point has a full list of apps that were infected on this page, so be sure to check it out and ensure that you weren’t exposed.
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The company says that the oldest DressCode-infected apps in the Google Play store date back to April 2016, with some of them reaching anywhere from 100,000 to 500,000 downloads. This malware again do the same thing like without your knowledge it can send and recieve the files but also it can create a traffic for some websites as commanded. Check out the video below explaining how it works.
Google has removed the affected apps, but Check Point has a full list of apps that were infected on this page, so be sure to check it out and ensure that you weren’t exposed.
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