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Over 60,000 Android apps secretly installed adware for past six months

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June 6, 2023, 7:10 p.m. | Lawrence Abrams

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Over 60,000 Android apps disguised as legitimate applications have been quietly installing adware on mobile devices while remaining undetected for the past six months. [...]

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