In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs

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In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs
mashable.com
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no list of apps anywhere

Jup. It just says that "the malware was disguised as PDF and QR code readers".

Not helpful, Mashable. Not helpful at all.

In fairness to Mashable, this isn't their fault. The people that made the report didn't make the list public.

Then why is this the subtitle:

The apps identified have since been removed from Google Play, but make sure you didn't install one.

Because tech journalism is trash on the best days, and these android malapps articles only ever amount to blogspam to make you nervous. I don't think I've seen more than a handful of these articles that actually warns you about the actual apps instead of just talking about the problem without relevant specifics.

I think I may know a few of those. But not through play store. They usually scam someone by saying they got a packet on their way and their tracking number must be opened on an app that they send via messaging apps.