Google Play apps with 1.5 million downloads drained batteries and slowed devices

Researchers have discovered two Google Play apps with more than 1.5 million downloads engaging in a new form of click fraud that drained batteries, slowed performance, and increased mobile data usage on infected phones. The apps—a notepad app called “Idea Note: OCR Text Scanner, GTD, Color Notes” and a fitness app with the title “Beauty […]

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