Since Android malware is everywhere, several users are finding ways to identify apps to avoid from Google Play Store. Luckily, there is a simple way to solve this problem.
Tatyana Shishkova, an Android malware analyst at Kaspersky, uncovered certain applications on Google Play Store that are claimed to be malware applications.
Despite the efforts put by Google to block malware-laced Android apps entering the Play Store, bad actors are still managing to slip through the security screening to prey on naive users. Tatyana Shishkova, Android Malware expert at Kaspersky has detected more than a dozen malicious Android apps with Joker trojan on Play Store. She has been sharing the links of the apps on
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