Malicious apps have started showing up in official app stores either the Google Play store or the Apple App store. These tips will help you see the danger signs from a mile away.
Our phones have become part and parcel of our identity and that makes gives them an easier access to malicious actors via corrupted apps or genuine apps with bad intentions. When downloaded, the malicious app gets access to your most sensitive details – personal and financial info, photos and even conversations.
What’s scary is that even legitimate apps get bought by scrupulous companies who inject malicious code that allows tracking of users without their knowledge when they scroll through the app. The human behaviour is then copied to bots to generate fake traffic and steal advertisers revenue. These weird activities end up frustrating the users since the apps either drain the battery faster or deplete your data at a faster rate even when idle. Most Chinese apps exhibit this click injection and click flooding malpractices including CM Locker, Clean Master, Cheetah Keyboard, Security Master, CM launcher 3D, CM File Manager, Battery Doctor and Kika Keyboard.
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