Cryptocrawler was available on Google Play for almost six months

📢 According to a report by Check Point Research, a fake app posing as a mobile client of the WalletConnect protocol avoided detection on Google Play for about five months.

➡️ During this time, the cryptocrawler was downloaded more than 10,000 times.

➡️ The fake app has now been removed from Google Play. However, it managed to infect more than 150 users. The damage from the scam amounted to about $70,000.

As the researchers note, this is the first time that a cryptocrawler has targeted exclusively smartphone users.