Banking trojan SharkBot-laced app detected on Google Play Store

With more than three billion users onboard, Android is the most used mobile platform in the world. This also attracts threat actors to prey on naive mobile phone users.

While people are advised to be cautious while downloading Android apps from third-party app stores, it is also the job of Google to keep the Play Store free from

The search engine giant has made sincere efforts to control bad apps. It even joined renowned security agencies such as ESET, Lookout, and Zimperium to form App Defense Alliance.

But, hackers are coming up with ingenious ways to avoid detection and sneak-in their malware-apps in into the Android ecosystem.