Google pulls malware-infected apps in its Store, over 3 million users at risk

Google pulled 60 malware-infected apps from its Play Store, installed by more than 3.3 million punters, that can be used for all kinds of criminal activities including credential theft, spying and even stealing money from victims. Zscaler's ThreatLabZ and security researcher Maxime Ingrao from fraud protection firm Evina …

[Anonymous Coward]

Steve Miller. Who he?

I suspect Jessica Lyons Hardcastle is more likely to have been named for the 1973 Doobie Brothers instrumental than to have been around when the contemporaneous title referenced in the lede by an aged subeditor appeared.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Steve Miller. Who he?

The kids today!

[Anonymous Coward]

So-called 'cos he speaks of the pompatus of love

The subheading isn't meant to be in the voice of the author, it's from a hacker named Mau-rice (a-woo a-woo).

[cheekybuddha]

>> The Joker-spreading apps were downloaded more than 300,000 times, according to security researchers Viral Gandhi and Himanshu Sharma <<

'Viral Gandhi' sounds more like it should be a name for a strain of malware itself!

[Kevin McMurtrie]

Well, it's a good thing that no malware, or any other app, can ask for permission to use the microSD card in Android 11+ without heavy throttling. Because that would... Um.... OK, not sure how recent API lockdowns for "security" are stopping malware. Could Google be making the changes only in self-interest? Nah, I must be paranoid.

[Anonymous Coward]

Another good argument for a locked-down, walled-garden approach to apps and app stores. And I’m not kidding. It’s ok for tech-savvy types like us, who can do a reasonable job about keeping our devices safe, but not the average Joe who will download any shiny-looking app and just accept any access requirements asked for with no idea what they mean.