Playing Trick or Treat with Apps. Application download risks. Joker, Cerberus, Alien Malware.

How to know if an App is safe? It's like trick or treat but instead of candies you get malware, ransomware or a trojan. Do not download app without strong reason on it. 17 Android apps were spotted infected with the Joker trojan in Google Play Store. These malicious apps posed as utility service apps to bypass the Google Play vetting process. A similar malware operation affecting six apps was spotted in early September. They scored a total of 200,000 downloads. In both the above cases, the ultimate purpos