Real-Time Behavior-Based Detection on Android Reveals Dozens of Malicious Apps on Google Play Store

Note: all applications mentioned in this research have been taken down and are
no longer accessible.

For the past few years, cyber-criminals have strengthened their efforts to have
malicious applications listed on Google Play Store – the world's most trafficked
Android app source. While the platform's security checks have improved through
the years, our research still uncovers malicious apps that use a vast array of
tricks to bypass these checks.

This is the case of a new malware campaign on t