I still remember when my dad got his first smartphone. After a whole day of figuring out how it worked, he exclaimed, "Well, there's an app for everything, it seems." Indeed, apps make our daily lives more effortless, but they're not without their risks.
Downloading bogus apps from the App Store can cause immense havoc, including (but not limited to) malware, ransomware, phishing scams, and spyware. In fact, the Zscaler report found 200 dangerous spyware apps in the Google Play Store across 12 months, with over 8 million installs.
