While Android malware is a common threat, we are typically warning you about a handful of apps, or maybe a couple dozen at most, that are infected with a particular variant, so I did a triple take when I saw that a new malware was in over 60,000 unique apps.
The team at Bitdefender, a popular antivirus app, found the threat thanks to a new App Anomaly Detection feature built into its software. The malware campaign appears to have started in October of 2022 and is present in a wide swath of app categories including VPN software, game cracks, game cheats, security software, Netflix, and various utility apps (via Bleeping Computer).
