Wuta Camera, Max Browser, WhatsApp Mods, Spotify Mods, and Minecraft Mods were found to be infected with a Necro Sideloader. All the apps are shown to contain CoralSDK. If you downloaded any of this remove the apps and wipe your phone.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah, but it doesn’t seem likely they’d be satisfied with these apps either. I mean. It’s not like they’re feature rich. They’re a shell app intended to be malware for the most part. So you’d end up installing it and then going “this isn’t what I wanted” and then uninstalling it, I would think. Photoshop Express is like $4 (might be more now, haven’t checked).

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          2 months ago

          Photoshop Express requires a monthly subscription which is a practice seen as trash by the general population.

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            2 months ago

            Didn’t know that. I generally do photo editing on a computer so it’s not like I’m downloading a bunch of camera apps.

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            2 months ago

            Because they only offer open source apps they build themselves

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            FOSS apps are generally more secure due to auditability of the source. Many eyes, and all that. Although I’m sure there’s also reduced interest from attackers on smaller platforms.

            Also, malware devs would have the additional constraint of having to either open source their malware, which they probably don’t want to do, or sideload their payload, which is more work for them.