Smart malware sneaks its way into Android phones, uses motion sensor data to remain hidden

A known malware, named Anubis, has managed to sneak its way through a couple of simple apps on the Google Play Store through a series of evasive maneuvers. Now, before we begin, we'd like to state that Google has found and nuked the apps, so there's some good news right there.

The carrier apps in question were a simple Battery Saver and a Currency Converter. Before being taken down, the former had accumulated just over 5,000 downloads and about 70 reviews. As you can expect, however, said reviews were probably fake, as their text made little sense and they were posted by anonymous ...

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