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04-25-2014, 07:12 PM
Android users, beware: Simple wallpaper apps found to secretly mine bitcoin
http://c2.bgr.com/2014/04/badbepricon-google-play-store-bitcoin-malware.jpg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/04/25/google-play-store-android-bitcoin-malware/)**t long ago it was discovered that a couple of Google Play Store Android applications that were downloaded anywhere from one million to five million times (http://bgr.com/2014/03/27/google-play-malware-android-apps/) had malicious code that covertly turned Android devices into silent Bitcoin miners. The malware managed to bypass Google’s Play Store security, but they were **t the only ones to include digital currency mining capabilities. A new report from security firm Lookout reveals (https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2014/04/24/badlepricon-bitcoin/) that at least five other applications from Google’s app store can also turn Android (http://bgr.com/android/) smartphones and tablets into miners.
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http://c2.bgr.com/2014/04/badbepricon-google-play-store-bitcoin-malware.jpg?w=610 (http://bgr.com/2014/04/25/google-play-store-android-bitcoin-malware/)**t long ago it was discovered that a couple of Google Play Store Android applications that were downloaded anywhere from one million to five million times (http://bgr.com/2014/03/27/google-play-malware-android-apps/) had malicious code that covertly turned Android devices into silent Bitcoin miners. The malware managed to bypass Google’s Play Store security, but they were **t the only ones to include digital currency mining capabilities. A new report from security firm Lookout reveals (https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2014/04/24/badlepricon-bitcoin/) that at least five other applications from Google’s app store can also turn Android (http://bgr.com/android/) smartphones and tablets into miners.
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