Infected Apps in the Google Play Store Turn Android Phones into Porn Hubs

Security company Trend Micro has discovered another batch of malicious apps published in the Google Play Store and which users have downloaded millions of times.

The malware is hiding in the code of what claim to be beauty camera apps which promise to offer filters and further edits that would help improve your photos.

However, after installing the apps, they hide their icons from the application list to make users can’t disable them and use packers to make it more difficult to be analyzed.

But the truly dangerous behavior comes down to full screen ads that are displayed on compromised devices when they are unlocked. Trend Micro’s analysis reveals that the malicious ads typically point to pornography, and the company also detected a paid online pornography ...