Android s ecurity First Kotlin based malw are found in Goo gle Play Store

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Android s.ecurity First Kotlin-based malw.are found in Goo.gle Play Store.
Cybercriminals have started to use the Kotlin programming language and infiltrated Google Play.

The first Android malware designed to steal information, carry out click and fraud and sign users up to premium SMS services without their permission, written using the Kotlin programming language has been found in the Google Play store.

An open-source programming language, Kotlin is a fully supported, official programming language for Android which Google boasts contains safety features in order to make apps 'healthy by default'. Kotlin became an official language for Android in May 2017 and it has proved popular - Twitter and Netflix are among the 17 percent of Android Studio projects using it.

However, researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered what they believe to the first example of malware developed using Kotlin. The malicious app posed as a utility tool for cleaning and optimising Android devices which has been downloaded from the official Google Play store by between 1,000 and 5,000 users.



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