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Apple and Google take down malicious mobile apps from their app stores
Apple and Google have pulled as many as 20 apps from their respective apps for carrying a data-stealing malware.
Initially, the researchers found the malicious framework within a food delivery app used in the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia but later found the malware on 19 other, unrelated apps, which they say were cumulatively downloaded more than 242,000 times through Google’s Play Store. Using code that’s designed to capture text visible on the user’s display — known as optical character recognition (OCR) — researchers found the malware scanned the image galleries on victim’s devices for keywords to find recovery phrases for cryptocurrency wallets across various languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Jagmeet covers startups, tech policy-related updates, and all other major tech-centric developments from India for TechCrunch.
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