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Google Play Store had clicker malware hiding in 24 kids games and 32 apps

Despite Google's best efforts to improve the security of Android's app marketplace, be it by or , Google Play is still not as safe as Android users expect it to be.

We've learned from (via ) that another 56 apps previously available on Google Play have been running malicious code on users' phones. Disturbingly, 24 of those were polished-looking casual children's games, including Cooking Delicious and Let Me Go. Cooking Delicious alone had 100,000 downloads and a 4.5 star rating, showing ratings and download numbers alone aren't an indication of an app's legitimacy.


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