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11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play

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Summary
Nutrition label

73% Informative

Kaspersky researchers found two new Android apps infected with the same malware family.

Software developer kits, better known as SDKs, are apps that integrate advertising capabilities.

The stealthy malware family in both campaigns is known as Necro .

Some variants use techniques such as steganography, an obfuscation method rarely seen in mobile malware.

VR Score

64

Informative language

57

Neutral language

54

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

58

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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