This Android malware poses as real apps to take you to dangerous sites and flood your phone with spam

A picture of a skull and bones on a smartphone depicting malware.

A new version of the Konfety malware that attacks the best Android phones now uses distorted APK files as well as other methods in order to avoid being detected and analyzed.

As reported by Bleeping Computer, this latest Konfety malware strain, which is neither spyware nor a remote access trojan, can pretend it is a legitimate app by copying both the branding and names of real apps from the Google Play Store.