The use of mobile apps is a part of our daily routine, and anyone using a smartphone has downloaded and installed a variety of them on his device, be it a game, delivery or streaming app.
While most of these apps appear harmless to a typical user, researchers from Ohio State University, New York University and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security have analyzed the top 150,000 Android apps, uncovering hidden backdoors and suspicious behavior in 12,706.
