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Cybercriminals are using malicious apps as malware droppers to infect the phones of unsuspecting Android users.

The Anatsa banking trojan has been targeting users in Europe by infecting Android devices through malware droppers hosted on Google Play.

Hackers used malicious apps on the Google Play Store and unofficial app stores to infect unsuspecting users with the Xamalicious Android malware.

Appdome, the one-stop shop for mobile app defense recently introduced  its new mobile anti-malware protections that can detect Android Accessibility Service Malware such as Xenomorph, Brasdex, Octo, Sharkbot, Flubit, TeaBot, PixPirate, Sova, Spynote, Joker and more.  These malware are used to carry out large scale, distributed attacks on mobile banking…

Researchers have identified an Android backdoor named Xamalicious, which has infected approximately 338,300 devices via malicious apps on Google Play.

Computer security software company McAfee discovered 14 infected apps on Google Play, with three having 100,000 installs each, reports Bleeping Computer. The majority of infections were installed on devices in the United States, Germany, Spain, the UK, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, according to McAfee telemetry data. �� Android Malware Detected: Researchers Idenfity Android Backdoor Called ‘Xamalicious’ That Infected Approximately 338,300 Android Devices.

Researchers have identified an Android backdoor named Xamalicious, which has infected approximately 338,300 devices via malicious apps on Google Play.

More than a dozen Android apps found carrying Xamalicious malware

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Computer security software company McAfee discovered 14 infected apps on Google Play, with three having 100,000 installs each, reports Bleeping Computer.