{"id":54328,"date":"2016-09-06T23:46:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T23:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=54328"},"modified":"2016-09-06T23:46:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T23:46:27","slug":"malware-google-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/malware-google-play-store\/","title":{"rendered":"New Malware Found in 40 Apps in Google Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A new malware, DressCode, was found on the Google Play Store&#8230;<!--more--><\/h3>\n<p>Forty different applications within the Google Play Store were found to have malware in them.\u00a0 This malware infection did not only impact Google Play; 400 other application on third-party sites were also found to be malicious.\u00a0 The impact of this malware attack is not entirely known; however according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/40-apps-containing-dresscode-malware-family-found-on-google-play\/article\/520559\/\">SC 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