[kingu]

The thing that always seems to be missing from these articles is ‘we've notified the responsible app stores and can report that all of the suspicious and malicious apps have been since removed.’

And something I've always wondered, especially when they go for entire categories of apps to analyze, is how many people are actually at risk, or if the vast majority of the downloads for that tiny fraction of the apps are folks like this group.

All in all, for the general user, there's almost zero risk from apps. You have a greater chance of your own postman stealing important documents and packages than installing a risky app.

But I guess in the end, groups are seeking to sell kabuki security apps and the more fear they can instill, the more installs they'll get (and likely monetization of their efforts.)

[Swordmaker]

The thing that always seems to be missing from these articles is ‘we've notified the responsible app stores and can report that all of the suspicious and malicious apps have been since removed.’

Why should they ever do that? It's the reason they are in business. If the did a pre-emptive strike like that, who would be buying their anti-malware apps to identify and block such apps? Nope, these companies announce the existence of these apps only for marketing purposes to sell their products!