Forbes published an article earlier today regarding an app called CleanMaster, a security tool promising anti-virus and private browsing. It had more than 1 billion installs before it was evicted and, despite Google’s ban, is one of Android’s most downloaded apps ever devices and is likely still running on millions of phones. Whilst Google hasn’t commented on what it knew about the app, created by China’s Cheetah Mobile, Forbes has learned a security company provided the tech giant with evidence the tool was collecting all manner of private web use data.
The risk posed by mobile apps security will affect all individuals, not only companies. #MobileSecurity #infosechttps://t.co/gf1RfICLlh
— Muhammad Malik (@drmuhammadmalik) March 4, 2020
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