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Zombie game for Android found to be stealing personal data

28 June 2019 • 2 min read

Scary Granny ZOMBY Mod, downloaded 50,000 times, was harvesting credentials, researchers found

An Android game called Scary Granny ZOMBY Mod: The Horror Game 2019 has been discovered to be maliciously targeting users to steal personal data. The game was downloaded over 50,000 times before...

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