Dozens
of Android camera applications, some of them with over 1 million
installs on the Google Play Store, were serving malicious ads and fake
update prompts.
After installation, the apps would automatically hide
from the application list to make sure the victim would not be able to
remove them and start displaying adult content and fraudulent content
ads using the default web browser after every device unlock event.
The
other batch of malicious Android applications targeted users who wanted
to apply filters to their selfies, only to upload victims’ snapshots to
servers their authors controlled.
All the apps have now been removed from the Google Play Store.
Source: BleepingComputer
