Surprise .. 200 malicious apps Google Play reached 32 million users in July

A technical research from ESET revealed that Google's Android Store, Google Play, was hosting more than 205 malicious apps in July.

Research has confirmed that these apps have been downloaded more than 32 million times in the past month alone.

The vast majority of malware, especially the 188 applications, contains hidden ads representing up to 19.2 million installations in July.

According to data collected by the malware researcher Lucas Stefano at ESET, there are three fraudulent applications per subscription only, but they received a third of all downloads with 12 million installations.

She added that while the security researcher did not provide complete data, he pointed to the amount of damage that can be hidden in applications that are supposed to be securely downloaded.

"These apps hide their home screen icons when they run and have no features other than displaying full screen ads." ", did he declare.

Google seems to lose the battle against its Android malware, even though it offers Google Play Protect.

In 2018, the company put in place a series of new rules to protect users against new methods of abuse, discovered and deleted more quickly malware developers and prevented a greater number of malicious users. Malicious apps to access Google Play.

However, applications badociated with malware and fraudulent applications are not detected by established procedures, which increases the burden on users.