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Stealthy Android Malware Found in Google Play

November 16, 2017

Eight apps found infected with a new Trojan family that ups the ante in obfuscation with four payload stages.

A sneaky new Android Trojan family employs four payload stages in its attack rather than the more typical two stages, researchers say.

The Android/TrojanDropper.Agent.BKY family was found in at least eight apps in Google Play so far, but the damage has been limited. Each of the apps only had a few hundred downloads before Google pulled them from the store, according to ESET, which discovered the malware family and notified Google.

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