【】

Two Android apps that weren't what they seemed got pulled from the Google Play app store this week.
Instead of offering features to up your selfie game and mobile picture-taking, the two apps, Sun Pro Beauty Camera and Funny Sweet Beauty Camera, were pushing adware onto phones.
Researchers at cybersecurity company Wandera discovered the malicious apps only recently, after the Sun Pro app had been available for two years, since Sept. 2017, and seen more than 1 million downloads. The other, Funny Sweet Beauty Camera, was only up since July but had pulled in more than 500,000 downloads, according to ZDNet.
Both apps could easily access user data and both were bombarding devices with ads that sometimes couldn't even be closed. Sometimes the ads appeared outside the app. Both apps also came packing unusual permissions requests for camera apps – such as asking for access to the microphone, for audio recording – that could have been used maliciously.

In August, Trend Micro found 85 apps with hidden adware on the Google Play store.
Wandera reported these latest two camera apps to Google last week and both are no longer available. If you downloaded the apps, delete them. We reached out to Google for more information about the apps and their removal.
Next step: Stick to camera filters available through trusted apps on your phone. Your selfies aren't worth bricking your device.
TopicsCybersecurity
相关文章
'Rocket League' Championship Series Season 2 offers $250,000 prize pool
Rocket League。's competitive scene is just getting started.。The 。 Rocket League 。Championship Series i2025-04-25These terrible dress shirts must go
At some point between late 2015 and early 2016, the ubiquitous cold-shoulder top took hold of fast f2025-04-25President Trump left TripAdvisor reviews for the Middle East and just, wow
President Trump wants to voice his opinions on the Middle East and no, not through some archaic Wash2025-04-25Poor guy strikes out in the most embarrassing way possible
Striking out always sucks. Striking out like Josh Fuentes, however, is just straight-up embarrassing2025-04-25Twitter grants everyone access to quality filter for tweet notifications
Twitter introduced two features Thursday in an effort to give users more control on what notificatio2025-04-25Twitter's LGBTQ heart emoji just got an inclusive update for Pride Month
Twitter is kicking off LGBTQ Pride Month with a tiny but important dose of inclusion.。 The social ne2025-04-25
最新评论