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Malicious app developers offering to buy old apps from developers who are no longer active, so they can push malware onto those users (support.google.com)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 4 months ago by AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/58319781

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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