+ New detection database of 6840 new viruses, + New header design and splash-screen in Smadav 2023 It's still nowhere near the head of the pack, though, so ensure your Android device has multiple layers of protection. Or perhaps just avoid apps from unknown developers.+ New detection database of 800 new viruses It's been a while since then, and Play Protect has climbed a few spots in more recent versions of the report that placed it there. In 2017, Google's Play Protect on-device anti malware platform scored dead last in tests of its ability to detect malware compared to third-party Android malware detection platforms. The on-device picture isn't much better for Google security. By extension, one would think AhMyth indicators would be included in Google's scanning systems.

We've been down this malware-laden road with Google Play many times before, but this one is particularly egregious given the fact the malware that slipped through the cracks has (or its parent code has, at least) been found on Google Play already.

'It is possible that the app developer had intended to build up a user base before compromising their Android devices through an update or that a malicious actor introduced this change in the app so far, we have no evidence for either of these hypotheses,' Stefanko noted. Stefanko noted in the report that the recording app remains available on some alternative and unofficial Android app markets, and that the developer has published several other Android tools, none of which contain malicious code. It's not clear precisely how long the malicious version of the recording app was available on Google Play nor how many people exactly were hit by it ESET only said that the software had surpassed 50,000 downloads in Google's souk. Spyware slinger QuaDream's reported demise may be the canary in the coal mineĮSET said it hasn't spotted AhMyth anywhere else in the wild, and that the app and all other items made by its mysterious developer were removed from the Google Play Store once reported.

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'Upon installation of the malicious app, it behaved as a standard app without any special extra permission requests that might have revealed its malicious intentions,' Stefanko added.

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