Researchers discover 60,000 ‘modded’ Android apps carrying adware

Tens of thousands of “modded” Android apps are installing adware on unsuspecting users’ devices, researchers have found. The campaign involving some 60,000 apps was detected by cybersecurity company Bitdefender and has been active since at least October 2022. The campaign preys upon Android device owners who go looking for copies of legitimate applications that have

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