App Security info : Cybercriminals take advantage of Android Flash Player gap on Google Play - CSO Online - Security and Risk

Cybercriminals are trying to capitalize on
Adobe's decision to stop distributing Android
Flash Player to new users via Google Play by
creating malware and adware apps that
masquerade as Flash Player installers.
Since Aug. 15, Android users who didn't
already have Flash Player installed on their
devices could no longer obtain it from Google
Play.

This is the result of Adobe's decision to phase
out Android Flash Player in favor of Adobe
AIR, a cross-platform runtime environment
that enables developers to package native apps
for different mobile platforms and devices.
"Of course, it's possible that some Android
users have missed that deadline, so they
venture on to other parts of the Internet in
search of alternative download sites," Jovi
Umawing, a communications and research
analyst at GFI Software, said Wednesday in a
blog post.


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