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Malicious app developers offering to buy old apps from developers who are no longer active, so they can push malware onto those users (support.google.com)

submitted 3 months ago by NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/security@lemmy.ml

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I just got offered by these people to sell my account for my old google play app. Googled the people offering, and I found this thread. Someone in the thread called this out as a malware vector, and I think thats the only way my app would be worth $350. Could this really be an attack vector?Crazy.

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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I'm pretty sure this exact scenario is how an old program I used to run got malware on my machine. Now, for the few legacy programs I use, I keep the original offline installers to avoid malware infested updates.