Android Click Fraud: Just Push Play-Malicious Apps that may gather sensitive information and gain private access to your android phone

A recent article by Italian IT company, TG Soft brought to light an Android malware that is being served by the official Google Play Store.

Fig : Phone’s main menu after installation of malware

According to Google Play statistics, the application was installed on 10,000-50,000 devices. The malware presents itself as an application called ‘Real Basketball’ in the official Google Play Store. However, it is designed to confuse the user by its appearance. It appears in the main menu as the ‘Google Play Store’application itself.

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