Newly Discovered Google Applications That Will Destroy Android Phones

The Google Play Store has revealed yet another mischievous duo hiding in its digital realm.

A leading cybersecurity company called Pradeo was the one to make the discovery.

After detecting this illicit behavior, Pradeo immediately alerted Google, and the apps were removed from Google Play.

Researchers at Pradeo found that two malicious apps contained spyware and have been secretly sending Android users’ private data to servers in China.

Here’s what we know so far and what you can do if you have these apps downloaded to your device.The two apps were posing as file management tools and had collectively amassed over 1.5 million downloads.

The two apps are called File Recovery & Data Recovery and File Manager, both from the same developer. Each app was meant to be a way for Android users to help organize files and data on their phones.

Both of the apps also stated that no data collection occurs under their watch.

The Pradeo report found that these apps actually collected reams of private user information and shared it with China without people’s knowledge, including contact lists, media files, real-time locations, mobile country codes, network provider details, SIM provider network codes, operating system versions, device brands, and models.