Rogue adware SimBad found in the Play Store, over 200 affected apps with 150+ million downloads removed

Another day, another security problem. This time, we have what's been dubbed SimBad by the Check Point research team, a rogue adware campaign found to affect over 200 million now-removed apps in the Play Store — these apps together accounted for over 150 million downloads. It shows out-of-context ads, exposes users to other malicious apps, and can even open a URL in the browser without the user's consent.

Found in the "RXDrioder" ad-related SDK, the researchers do not believe the creators of the SDK were aware of the malicious elements and were rather scammed into using the SimBad code.

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