Malicious Android apps facilitate device transformation into proxies

Almost 30 malicious VPN apps with proxyware enabled by a Golang library allowed Android devices to perform as residential proxies that could be leveraged for illicit cyber activity as part of the PROXYLIB operation, reports The Hacker News.

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