We’ve all made the mistake of downloading some useless apps at one point or another, but there used to be a degree of certainty that the fake beer drinking app or the wild west sound effect buttons wouldn’t turn out to be spyware - as long as you got it directly from an official app store. However, new research from Zscaler says this might not be the case anymore.
The company's latest ThreatLabz OT Threat Report has identified over 200 malicious apps available on the official Android app store, which have already been downloaded by 8 million users so far.
