Over 100 million Android phones hit with malicious apps that steal your money — what to do

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Researchers at security firm Zimperium have named the campaign "Dark Herring." In a report posted yesterday (January 26), they explained that the apps themselves actually worked as promised — as games, entertainment apps, productivity tools, photo filters and so on.
But the apps also sent many users to deceptive web pages, tailored to the users' languages and countries of residence. Those pages asked users to enter their phone numbers for "verification," but in fact signed the users up to recurring charges that averaged $15 per month —
a lot of money in some parts of the world.

There's a full list of the Dark Herring-related apps on this web page. Unfortunately, the list isn't in any particular order.

Your best bet is to load that list in a desktop web browser, hit Control-F on your keyboard, and search for the names of any apps on your phone (or in an app store) of which you may have doubts.

Over 100 million Android phones hit with malicious apps that steal your money — what to do

'Dark Herring' campaign fleeces Android users out of millions

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