By Ionut Arghire on April 20, 2017
Millions of users looking to get Android software updates have been tricked into downloading spyware on their devices through the Google Play marketplace, Zscaler reveals.
Posing as a legitimate application called “System Update” and claiming to provide users with access to the latest Android software updates, the spyware made it to Google Play in 2014, and has registered between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 downloads by the time Google was alerted and removed it from the store.
Instead of delivering to its promise, however, the malware spies on users’ exact geolocation, and can send it to the attacker in real time. It receives commands from its operator via SMS messages, the security researchers explain.
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Millions Download "System Update" Android Spyware via Google Play
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And so the farce continues...when will Android users say 'enough is enough' and demand that Google focus on what is important...customer security & safety rather than profit...:@
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