Do not grant permissions to an app that it should not need: torches and star-gazing apps don’t need access to your contacts and phone. And never grant accessibility permissions that facilitate device control unless you have a need. Once a month, scan through your phone and delete a few of the apps you no longer need or haven’t used in a long time.

The malware was spotted circulating via apps called 'Wuta Camera' and 'Max Browser' on the Google Play Store, according to Kaspersky.

WSAGAScript is a tool that lets you easily patch the Windows Subsystem for Android to install the Google Play Store.

The Necro trojan was first discovered in the year 2019 but it looks like it’s still working its way into apps. Two popular platforms on Google Play with a combined total of 11M downloads were said to be infected by this trojan.

In a chilling reminder of the threats lurking in the shadows of the Google Play Store, two compromised apps have infected millions of Android devices with the Necro Trojan malware. The malware could spread further through modified versions of popular software,

This was perfectly illustrated in a report from Cyber News this week, which set out to understand “how many dangerous permissions are too many,” reporting that the 50 popular apps it checked “see no limits,” sharing the raw data to back that up.

A new version of the Necro malware loader for Android was installed on 11 million devices through Google Play in malicious SDK supply chain attacks.

A new Malware, Necro Trojan, has been found to be infiltrating Android devices through compromised advertising SDKs

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