Security company
Lookout is warning
Android device owners about a new type of malware app, which not only secretly
roots your phone, but also installs itself as a system application — making it extremely difficult to remove. How difficult? If you’re not technically inclined enough to entirely replace the
ROM, then a brand-new phone may be the easiest way to escape its clutches.
Lookout refers to the virus as trojanized adware, and it’s hiding inside apps that appear to be legitimate versions of very
popular apps, including Facebook, Twitter, Candy Crush, NYTimes, Google Now, Snapchat, and WhatsApp. The company has even seen compromised versions of two-step authentication app Okta.
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