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Amber Bouman

These 12 malicious Android apps are recording your conversations — delete them right now

Android malware on phone.

Have you ever worried that your phone might be listening in on your private conversations? Or worse, recording them? Well, that's exactly what could be happening if you accidentally installed a malicious app.

Security researchers at ESET have identified twelve Android apps that have been secretly recording users audio in the background. These malicious apps are used to infect the best Android phones with a spyware called VajraSpy that's being spread using social engineering techniques on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.

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