Users’ Data is Stolen Through 1.5 million Android Apps

As part of an effort to help users gain a better understanding of what data an app collects before downloading it, Google Play introduced “nutrition labels” with a privacy-focused focus last year. However, researchers have found a way to work around the system and steal user data. This is done by inserting a way to avoid the system. In an article released by Pradeo, a mobile cybersecurity company, cybersecurity analysts discovered two apps on Google Play. 

These apps threatened to send data from users’ Android devices to malicious servers based in China as a result of spyware According to the firm, more than ten lakh users globally are affected by spyware-laden applications. According to it, the app’s download pages claim it will not collect data about you. 

According to a report released by Google Play Store security analysts, two apps that appear to be file management apps but are spyware have been discovered. 1.5 million Android users risk compromised privacy and security due to this vulnerability. Hence, you must remove these apps as quickly as possible from the latest Android phones that boast some of the most impressive features. 

A leading mobile cybersecurity company, Pradeo, which offers mobile security products, announced this week that its smartphone security app, File Recovery & Data Recovery, has been flagged as

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