"'SimBad': Android Adware Hits 210 Apps with 150M Downloads"

210 Android apps in the Google Play store have been discovered to contain malicious code that could allow for the compromise of Android devices by attackers to display background advertisements, open phishing websites, and more. The strain of adware that infected these apps is called SimBad. Google has removed the infected applications from the Google Play store. However, these apps have already been downloaded by millions of users. This article continues to discuss discoveries made in relation to the infection of Android apps and the capabilities of SimBad.

Dark Reading reports "'SimBad': Android Adware Hits 210 Apps with 150M Downloads"