The Necro trojan malware was spotted in two apps on the Google Play store that have since been taken down by the company.

Supply chain attack originating from a compromised SDK infiltrated Play Store apps

In 2019, security experts discovered a legitimate-looking Android app on the Google Play Store that had been covertly compromised by an ad library used by its developers....

Yet another piece of Android malware has managed to reappear in the Google Play Store after initially being discovered in 2019.

While cybercriminals have used generative AI technology to create convincing emails, government agencies have warned about the potential abuse of AI tools to creating malicious software, despite the safeguards and restrictions that vendors implemented.

Legitimate Google Play apps unknowingly spreading Necro Android malware, infecting 11 million devices, disguised as PNG images.

11M devices exposed to trojan, Kaspersky says

Necro infiltrated Google Play in 2019. It recently returned.

Ars Technica's Dan Goodin reports: Five years ago, researchers made a grim discovery -- a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market that was surreptitiously made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue. With that, the app was infected with code that caused 100 ...

A new version of the Necro malware loader for Android was installed on 11 million devices through Google Play in malicious SDK supply chain attacks.