[Trend]A Look at Repackaged Apps and their Effect on the Mobile Threat Landscape

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A Look at Repackaged Apps and their Effect on the Mobile Threat Landscape

Repackaged applications, which are a category of fake applications, play a crucial role in the proliferation of mobile malware. Like fake apps, repackaged apps use social engineering tactics, displaying similar user interface (UI), icon, package names and app labels as the legitimate/official version of the apps they spoofed. This is done to trick users into […]

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A Look at Repackaged Apps and their Effect on the Mobile Threat Landscape

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