An Android app that was listed on Google Play almost a year ago started secretly recording users

An Android recording app called iRecorder Screen Recorder turned evil nearly a year after its release.

The whole thing is documented in a blog post from Essential Security against Evolving Threats (ESET) researcher Lukas Stefanko.

In the post, he explains how the app was updated in August 2022 to include malicious code based on the open-source AhMyth Android RAT (remote access trojan).

The app had 50,000 downloads by the time it was reported and removed from the Play store.

Scam apps aren’t new on either Apple’s or Google’s app stores, but this particular one is notable because it has been around for a year.

It began as an innocent screen recording app but turned evil almost a year later.

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