Malicious Google Play apps are sold for up to $20,000 on underground online marketplaces, with cryptocurrency trackers, financial apps, QR-code scanners, and dating apps being the most targeted application categories to hide malware, according to new research from antivirus firm Kaspersky. The findings come after the Russian-based multinational firm analyzed offers of malicious apps for sale on nine popular darknet marketplaces between 2019 and 2023, identifying new details about how these malicious programs evade the security of tech giants and poison the Play Store.

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