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Anthony Spadafora

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: This dangerous android spyware has returned via malicious play store apps delete them right now | History Defined

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

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the Mandrake Android spyware hiding in apps on the Google Play Store.

As reported by BleepingComputer, Mandrake was first discovered by Bitdefender in 2020, but before then, it had been operating in the wild since at least 2016. Since then, Kaspersky has discovered a new variant of the Android spyware that’s better at remaining undetected.

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