Android app with 100 million users spread malware

By Staff Writer | 31 Aug 2019 at 20:12hrs
Kaspersky
Google has pulled the popular CamScanner app from its Play Store after it was discovered that it was spreading malware.

Kaspersky discovered that the app - which was installed more than 100 million times - contained an advertising library with a malicious dropper component.

The component was detected as "Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Necro.n" and was designed to download and launch a payload from malicious servers.

CamScanner was a popular app among Android users which allowed them to scan documents with their smartphone camera and save the content to a PDF document.

The app had 1.8 million reviews, most of which were positive. However, a recent influx of negative reviews pointed to problems with the app's user experience which prompted Kaspersky to investigate the software.

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