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Anthony Spadafora

EXPLAINED: Over 400 million infected with android spyware delete these apps right now | Rare Historical Photos

One phone with skull and crossbones on screen among several other clean-looking phones.

Over 100 Android apps with more than 400 million downloads combined have been infected with a new malware strain that’s being distributed as a software development kit (SDK) for advertisers.

As reported by BleepingComputer, the discovery was made by security researchers at Dr. Web who found a spyware module inside the affected apps that they’ve dubbed ‘SpinOk’. 

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