Do not grant permissions to an app that it should not need: torches and star-gazing apps don’t need access to your contacts and phone. And never grant accessibility permissions that facilitate device control unless you have a need. Once a month, scan through your phone and delete a few of the apps you no longer need or haven’t used in a long time.

Necro back from the dead Five years ago, Kaspersky researchers found a legitimate Android app in the Google Play market had been made malicious by a library the developers used to earn advertising revenue.

The malware was spotted circulating via apps called 'Wuta Camera' and 'Max Browser' on the Google Play Store, according to Kaspersky.

A new malware has been found to be infiltrating Android devices through compromised advertising SDKs. Necro Trojan has been found in two Play Store apps, namely Wuta Camera and Max Browser. It has also been found in modified versions of popular apps like WhatsApp,