Over 10 million users tricked into downloading fake app for Samsung devices


  • TECH
  • Friday, 05 Jul 2019

Surprisingly, Google has yet to take down the app.

Samsung users take note: You don't need third-party apps to update the firmware on your devices, and more importantly, you don't have to pay for them.

An expose by malware analyst Aleksejs Kuprins of CSIS Security Group shows that 10 million unsuspecting users have been tricked into installing the Updates For Samsung app, which claims to provide “every Android update for Samsung devices”. 

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