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Rael Hornby

Here’s why the Google Play Store is a malware infected hellscape

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Not a week goes by without the Google Play Store playing some part in delivering a strange new malware designed to steal from or spy on Android users — if it’s a good week, it’ll even manage both.

Many have been left puzzled by how the Google Play Store became more riddled with viruses than a sailor on shore leave — but not Google, who seem to have figured out how hackers are manipulating its platform to their benefit.

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