Security researchers have uncovered an Android banking malware hiding on Google Play hidden in other apps. A game called “Bubble Shooter Wild Life” and an app named “Earn Real Money Gift Cards” in the Google Play Store using time delays and code obfuscation before installing the trojan on the victims device.



Fortunately these apps have fewer than 5000 downloads, but it’s just another reminder to be careful of what you apps you put on your devices. Who would have thought a quality game with the title of “Bubble Shooter Wild Life” made by the renowned “Boris Block” using stolen Disney images would have been bad?

El Reg asked Google to comment on the incident, in particular the suggestion that crooks had figured out a way to smuggle malicious code past its security controls, but have not yet received a response.

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