More malicious cryptocurrency apps found on the Play Store

It seems we might never win the battle against fake cryptocurrency apps on Google’s Play Store, as another four have been identified this week. The apps were masquerading on the Play Store as cryptocurrency wallets for NEO, Tether, and MetaMask. The dodgy apps were uncovered by security researcher Lukas Stefanko and had managed to amass a few hundred installs in total and have been available on the Play Store since mid-October. They have since been reported to Google and removed from the Play Store, it remains unclear if anyone was duped by any of these apps. What did they do?…

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