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24 August 2017
Google has removed over 500 apps that
included mobile games for teenagers from its Play Store on account of a spyware
threat. The Total Investment &
Insurance Solutions
The
decision came after US-based cyber-security firm Lookout discovered more than
500 apps that could spread spyware on mobile phones, Fortune reported late on
Wednesday.
According
to Lookout, the apps used certain software that had the ability to covertly
siphon people's personal data on their devices without alerting the app makers.
The
impacted apps included mobile games for teenagers, weather apps, online radio,
photo editing, education, health, fitness and home video camera apps.
The
researchers discovered that the 'Igexin' advertising software development kit
(SDK) embedded in the apps caused these to communicate with outside servers
that had earlier spread malware.
The bug
in SDK was discovered when an app appeared to be downloading large, encrypted
files from those servers. The Total
Investment & Insurance Solutions
Many of
the developers of the impacted apps were unaware of the security flaws, the
report added.The Total Investment &
Insurance Solutions
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