"Google's Security Measures Failed to Find Android Malware in Play Store"

Google has recently introduced many new security measures to prevent malicious apps from appearing on the Play Store.  After these measures were put into place, researchers from Check Point found malware lurking within 56 apps that had been downloaded almost one million times worldwide.  The malware that the researchers found was called Tekya, which tries to imitate user's actions to click on ads and banners from apps such as AppLovin', AdMob, Facebook, and Unity.  The apps that were found to be affected by this malware include cooking apps, calculators, and apps aimed at kids such as puzzles and racing games.  The reason why Google was not able to detect the malware in these applications on its Play Store, is because Tekya is hidden in Android's native code.  Native code is the code that is designed to run only on Android processors.  Since malware was found on applications on the Play Store, it shows that Google's new security measures are not airtight.

Engadget reports: "Google's Security Measures Failed to Find Android Malware in Play Store"