There are other ways Konfety tries to hide and maintain persistence. zLabs said that the attackers are also using so-called “dual-app deception”, in which there’s a legitimate app on major app stores, ...

Researchers uncover sophisticated Konfety Android malware using evil twin apps and complex evasion methods to conduct ad fraud.

From there, you want to make sure that Google Play Protect is enabled on your Android phone. This pre-installed security app scans all of your existing apps and any new ones you download for malware.

A new variant of the Konfety Android malware emerged with a malformed ZIP structure along with other obfuscation methods that ...