Android Bitcoin Mining Malware Found On Play Store
The malware, identified by Lookout as “BadLepricon,” appeared in six wallpaper apps with between 100 and 500 installs each. Google has since removed them from the store. As Lookout’s Meghan Kelly notes, the average mobile device isn’t exactly an ideal tool for Bitcoin mining. “A phone’s computing power doesn’t actually result in that many coins,” she writes. “Every coin has a difficulty rate, which is determined by the amount of computing power needed to mine that coin and other factors....