This Android malware installs a backdoor on your phone — delete these malicious apps now

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The best Android phones are once again under attack from malware and this time, a previously unknown backdoor has been used to infect over 300,000 smartphones.

As reported by BleepingComputer, Xamalicious is a new Android backdoor that was found to be hiding in 14 malicious apps on the Google Play Store by the cybersecurity firm McAfee.