10 Million Android users Tricked to Install Fake Samsung Firmware Updates app

From gbhackers.com

Samsung Firmware Updates

More than 10,000,000+ users tricked to download a fake app “Updates for Samsung” from the official Google play that is not affiliated with Samsung for distributing firmware.

The fake app exploits the complexity in finding the firmware updates for Samsung phones and using them for generating easy money.

Aleksejs Kuprins from CSIS Security Group published the report on the malicious behavior of the app; he also reported the fake app to Google Play.

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