A legit Android app turned into malware, Google missed it

This legit Android app turned into audio-snooping malware – and Google missed it

ESET 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. 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.

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 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.

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